Batik Air Flight Flew For 28 Minutes With Sleeping Pilots, Report Shows

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Credit: Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT)
Two Airbus A320 pilots on a Batik Air flight to Jakarta were simultaneously asleep for around 28 min., prompting the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) to call for tighter cockpit and pilot check procedures. In a report released by the KNKT Feb. 27, investigators described...

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