Pilots Nap While A320 Drifts Off Course

AV Web ^ | 3.10.2024 | Russ Niles

[libh8er]

The 32-year-old captain of a Batik Air A320 and his 28-year-old FO (and the new father of month-old twins) have been suspended after they both fell asleep and the aircraft drifted off course. The Airbus, with 159 people on board, took off from Kendari, on the island of Sulawesi, for the 2.55-hour flight to Jakarta on Jan. 25.

About a half-hour later after reaching cruise, the captain asked the FO for permission to nap in his seat and nodded off for an hour. He woke and asked the FO if he wanted to take a rest but the FO declined and the captain went back to sleep. The FO subsequently “inadvertently fell asleep” according to Indonesian authorities and the two slumbered together for at least 28 minutes before the caption woke up and got the plane back on course.

[Yo-Yo]

What good is autopilot if you can’t catch 40 winks during the boring part of the flight?

[C210N]

THis sounds like another psyop, this one to pave the way to pilotless airliners.

[Gay State Conservative]

I worked for 6+ months on the night shift (11PM-7AM) in a hospital ER. I couldn’t sleep to save my life...I was a zombie. I’ve also done a lot of flying in my day...long,east- west flights. During those flights I’ve wondered about the pilot’s sleep habits....if he was asleep at the wheel.

[Red Badger]

Aviation Ping!...................

[null and void]

Somebody has to stay awake to keep him inflated...

[frank ballenger]

Pilot says I’m not tired. Like Chevy Chase.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhlR3vidvp0

[Yo-Yo]

"There's a manual inflation tube along the beltline..."

[kawhill]

Sounds like those two boys needed some of the “medicine” they gave Joey for his state of the union adress.

[BlackbirdSST]

THis sounds like another psyop, this one to pave the way to pilotless airliners.

It looks to me that pilotless aircraft tend to drift.

[Bratch]

[Bratch]

[nwrep]

Immortal scenes.

[sasquatch]

Are they not allowed to push a switch once in a while?

[Glennb51]

That was an Airbus.

If the pilot or FO touched anything the dog would bite them.

[Puppage]

I see what you did there!

[Cen-Tejas]

............in today’s screwed up world regarding “people” in general, airlines one day soon will have to put video cameras in the cockpit so the whole plane can keep an eye on them.

[null and void]

Who? Me?? *TOTALLY innocent look*...

[dfwgator]

THis sounds like another psyop, this one to pave the way to pilotless airliners.

[Pappy Smear]

HERE is a Wikipedia article about Northwest/Delta Flight 188 from 2009 where the pilots on a flight from San Diego overshot Minneapolis by 100 miles and had no radio contact once they were past Denver. Some think they fell asleep. They say they were distracted. Wild stuff.

HERE is a video that was put together. Actual pilot audio starts at around 11 minutes in. Interesting that ATC had them do some maneuvers to prove they were in control of the aircraft.