Absolute Random » GoAirlines http://www.absoluterandom.com A blog about nothing, and yet, about everything Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:08:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Pilots Fall Asleep During 214 Mile Flight And Miss Airport http://www.absoluterandom.com/pilots-fall-asleep-during-214-mile-flight-and-miss-airport/ http://www.absoluterandom.com/pilots-fall-asleep-during-214-mile-flight-and-miss-airport/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:48:49 +0000 AR http://www.absoluterandom.com/pilots-fall-asleep-during-214-mile-flight-and-miss-airport/ The flight, belonging to Go! airlines, was on a 214 mile route between Honolulu and Hilo airport in Hawaii, on February 13, 2008. The airplane, which was flying at 21,000 feet, was contacted by the air traffic controllers, and got no response from it, despite several attempts at making contact. Contact was finally made when the airplane already had flown 15 miles past the airport. It finally landed 15 minutes later.

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The preliminary report that was just released by the National Transportation Safety Board concludes that apparently the two pilots fell asleep. No problems were found with the carbon monoxide in the plane or the pressurization system.

On that flight, there were 40 passengers and 3 crew members. The two pilots are currently suspended and flight logs show that they finished their shift on February 12 at 2:47 PM and returned to duty at 5:40 AM on February 13.

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