All about: Pilot fatigue

Air New Zealand pilot 'fell into deep sleep' during flight

By AOL Travel, Mar 01, 2013

An Air New Zealand pilot fell asleep during a flight between London and Los Angeles, the airline has said. Air New Zealand said the pilot of the Boeing 777 reported falling asleep twice as...
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Four in ten pilots fall asleep in the cockpit

By Katy Holland, Nov 19, 2012

Nearly half of Europe's commercial airline pilots say they have fallen asleep while in control of an aircraft, says a disturbing new report. A study of 6,000 pilots, carried out by the...
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Tired pilot sends aircraft into nosedive after thinking Venus was a plane

By Katy Holland, Apr 17, 2012

A disoriented pilot was so tired that he sent his passenger plane into a sudden 400ft nosedive because he mistook the planet Venus for an oncoming aircraft. The incident, which occurred on a...
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