The incident happened last Monday. The pilots fell asleep minutes before the plane landed. The incident occurred while the plane was flying at an altitude of 37,000 feet. The two pilots of the Boeing 737-800 ET-343 fell asleep after putting the plane on autopilot. As the landing information was not received, Air Traffic Control (ATC) tried to contact the pilots but to no avail. Meanwhile, the plane was traveling past the airport where it was supposed to land.
The pilots were woken up by the alarm sounding as the plane passed the airport where it was supposed to land. The flight was already delayed by 25 minutes. After contacting Air Traffic Control, the pilots landed the plane safely.
Aviation analyst Alex McKerras came out with a reaction after the incident of the pilots falling asleep. A very worrying incident has occurred. Officials also stated that the pilots fell asleep due to exhaustion. At the same time, the company has not clarified its position on whether action will be taken against the pilots. There is widespread criticism of the pilots’ failure. Ethiopian Airlines is the largest airline company in Africa.
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