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  • Indonesian flight veered off course after both pilots allegedly fell asleep in the cockpit

    03/11/2024 5:40:16 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 37 replies
    NBC News ^ | March 10, 2024, 4:10 PM CDT | By Rebecca Cohen
    The co-pilot, father to 1-month-old twins, admitted to investigators "his sleep quality had degraded by the several wakes up” from the babies the night before the flight. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Batik Air Indonesia pilot and his second-in-command are accused of allowing the flight they were operating to veer off course as they both took a snooze in the cockpit midflight, Indonesian officials said in a report. The Jan. 25 flight, BTK6723, was carrying 153 passengers from Halu Oleo Airport in Kendari to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, said the report from Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee. Both pilots, whose names were...