Pilot Who Fell Asleep During Long Haul Flight Sacked

A pilot who was also the captain of a long-haul flight between New York and Rome was sacked after accusations that he fell asleep and was unavailable while flying over France on May 1.

ITA Airways confirmed on Tuesday that the pilot, who denied the incident, was dismissed, but stressed that passengers were not in danger at any time.

The air-traffic control in Marseille was unable to contact the Airbus A330 in the early morning.

This happens in the worst case scenario when a plane is hijacked, for example by terrorists.

According to the newspaper La Repubblica, two fighter jets were dispatched.

After a few minutes, however, the pilots on board the ITA aircraft reported in and continued the journey to Rome without any problems.

The captain stated that the radio connection was interrupted due to a technical issue, but according to ITA, this was refuted by an examination of the aircraft.

Pilots can generally take a sleep break on long-haul flights, if it is ensured that another pilot is awake and reachable.

The airline sacked the pilot because of his behaviour on board and because it felt that the relationship of trust had been irreparably damaged as the truth of whether he fell asleep or not could not be repudiated.

There are no known disciplinary proceedings against the second pilot, who, according to the report, had informed about his sleep break in accordance with the rules. (dpa/NAN)

Meanwhile, in Nigeria, a video of the appearance of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu before the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun led committee screening the presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC has emerged.

In the video obtained by GreenWhiteGreen GWG, Tinubu mentioned what he brought to the country.

The interesting video had been much anticipated on the basis of the political conflict between Tinubu and Odigie-Oyegun which climaxed in 2018 and the election of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as his replacement as national chairman of the APC.

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