Pilot was asleep as plane flew over Brisbane and Gold Coast, report finds
by Mostafa Rachwani from World news | The Guardian on (#5J9AH)
Pilot responded only after 40 minutes and was instructed to head to Gold Coast airport, where he safely landed
A pilot fell asleep and was uncontactable for 40 minutes as his plane flew over Brisbane and the Gold coast, an investigation has found.
The Air Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said air traffic control lost contact when the plane was around 53km north-west of Sunshine Coast airport in July 2020 and tried repeatedly to get through to the pilot.
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