Ethiopian Airlines

Two pilots on an Ethiopian Airlines flight nearly caused a disaster after falling into a deep sleep during the flight. The pilots fell asleep mid-flight at 37,000 feet as they approached Addis Ababa airport, but were able to land the plane after an autopilot sounded an alarm that woke them up after they were disconnected, …

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(CNN) — Two pilots are believed to have fallen asleep and missed their landing during a flight from Sudan to Ethiopia on Monday. The incident took place on board an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Khartoum to Addis Ababa, according to a report by commercial aviation news site Aviation Herald. Data obtained by the website …

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