The captain and co-pilot fell asleep in the middle of the flight because they were too tired, the plane carrying 59 people moved off course for nearly 30 minutes.

Recently, a rare incident on a passenger flight of Batik Air (Indonesia) was included in the preliminary report of the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT).

Accordingly, on January 25, the Batik Air Airbus A320 with 53 passengers and 6 crew members was on its way from southeast Sulawesi to the capital Jakarta (Indonesia). About half an hour after takeoff, the captain informed the co-pilot that he needed to rest for a while and handed over command of the plane to the co-pilot.

Cơ trưởng và cơ phó ngủ giữa chuyến bay vì quá mệt, máy bay chở 59 người di chuyển chệch hướng gần 30 phút - Ảnh 1. — The incident of the Batik Air plane occurred on January 25 and was published in a preliminary report on March 8.

However, due to being too tired from helping his wife take care of their newborn baby the night before, the co-pilot accidentally fell asleep and caused the plane to deviate from its flight path. After Jakarta air traffic controllers discovered the abnormality, they immediately contacted the plane but received no response from the co-pilot who was fast asleep.

As a result, it took about 28 minutes for the captain to wake up and discover that the co-pilot had fallen asleep. The captain then quickly woke his colleague, diverted the plane and responded to a call from air traffic controllers in Jakarta.

Cơ trưởng và cơ phó ngủ giữa chuyến bay vì quá mệt, máy bay chở 59 người di chuyển chệch hướng gần 30 phút - Ảnh 2. — The co-pilot's falling asleep prompted KNKT to call on Batik Air to closely monitor the physical condition of its pilots (Illustration photo)

Fortunately, the flight landed safely at Jakarta Airport after 2 hours and 35 minutes, and no one on board was injured or in danger of death. The report by the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) did not reveal the identities of the two pilots, only stating that they were two Indonesian captains, aged 32 and 28, respectively.

Following the incident, KNKT also called on Batik Air to establish a better pilot fatigue monitoring mechanism to ensure pilots and crew members are adequately rested before flying to prevent similar incidents from recurring.

Currently, Batik Air has not commented on this incident.

Source: AFP

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