Passenger jet pilots fall asleep for nearly 30 mins as flight with 159 people veers off course

A sleep-deprived new father of twins and his co-pilot are accused allowing their airliner with 159 people on board to veer off course after they both fell asleep in the cockpit midair, officials in Indonesia said.

Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee found that Batik Air flight BTK6723 began to divert from its flight path on Jan. 25 when both the pilot and his first officer, who were not publicly named, dozed off for around 28 minutes, according to a report on the incident.

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[austintx_planespotter]

What Actually Happened was the Captain asked his F/O “First officer” that he was going to rest for a bit ONLY to wake up to find his F/O asleep

[cliqist]

Whoever spell checked this obviously fell asleep.

[ThePrttype]

If you guys knew what really goes on behind the scenes with airlines and airports you wouldn't want to fly ever again! 😂😂😂

[TheIncredibleMrG]

Pilot fatigue is a global issue that needs to be addressed.

[lumberjack]

Those rascally twins will do it every time

[kayty]

I hope they were drug tested. A co-pilot does not suffer from the exhaustion of another new father of twins

[GulfCoastJohnny]

Imagine flying from Kuala Lumpur to Macao, and seeing the Taj Mahal out of your window!

[sjs]

“ Didn’t you have it ? “
“ NOO ! I thought YOU had it ! “

[creaturafauna]

Put the eye sensors in cockpits like they do for truck drivers. Can be used in audible or seat vibration mode, or both.

[NICHOLAS-hp]

Maybe slow down the captions a little bit…

[MichaelSTaylor]

Aw, c'mon! Both pilots fell asleep? Shirley you can't be serious!

[The_Samsquantch]

Sleep deprived Father of new twins... It's almost as if the fathers should get paternal leave as well. I'm glad I live in a place that recognizes that and get 16 weeks of bonding time with my newborn.

[gobysky]

It’s always the pilots fault in situations as this. No one ever puts any blame on the arrogant money hungry executives who pressure them to complete the trip. Been there, experienced that, and they will always say we’ll find someone else.

[joshuawegat]

You have to be a speed reader to watch these videos

[emmapeel]

BOTH fell asleep ?!
nah, sounds sus

[lisablahnik]

Holy cow! How reckless and irresponsible can both pilots be? Thank goodness it ended ok. Passengers have a RIGHT to expect alert, attentive pilots. Cancel the flight if need be... People will be safe!

[ThePrttype]

Oh and I wouldn't eat any of the food...only snacks. You've been warned 😂😂😂

[WarrChan]

I get the new father being sleep deprived, but what's the copilot's excuse?

[Sawpainter_td]

I believe the time has come where there needs to be visual monitoring of the entire cockpit from the minute the pilot and co-pilot are seated until they land and leave their seat. Far too many errors. They're very fortunate they had enough of fuel.

[prilep]

There should be pilot faced cameras in every plane