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Two pilots fall asleep in the cockpit on long-haul aircraft: report from UK's CAA

London, United Kingdom - The authority is not revealing the name of the airline

A report of UK's Civil Aviation Authority revealed that two pilots who were at the controls of an Airbus A-330 aircraft communicated to the aviation watchdog they fell asleep at the same time during a flight on August 13. Communicating the episode, which occurred less than two hours after the takeoff, to the CAA the two pilots justified themselves blaming longer shifts over the peak holiday season,...

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Rome, Italy, 09/26/2013 13:01
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