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Pilots on a lucid dream flying to GOA
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stilgar
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Posted : Jun 28, 2008 18:39:11
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Maybe there were invisible forces guiding them to a new destination ???
NEW DELHI (AFP) - An Air India flight headed for Mumbai overshot its destination and was halfway to Goa before its dozing pilots were woken out of a deep slumber by air traffic control, a report said.
The high altitude nap took place approximately two weeks ago, the Times of India reported Thursday. The report, however, drew a furious denial from Air India.
Some 100 passengers were on board the state-run flight that originated from Dubai and flew to the western Indian city of Jaipur before heading south to Mumbai when both pilots fell asleep, a source told the paper.
"After operating an overnight flight, fatigue levels peak -- and so the pilots dozed off after taking off from Jaipur," the source, who was not identified in the report, said.
The plane flew to Mumbai on autopilot, but when air traffic there tried to help the aircraft land, the plane ignored their instructions and carried on at full speed towards Goa.
"It was only after the aircraft reached Mumbai airspace that air traffic control realised it was not responding to any instructions and was carrying on its own course," the source said.
"The aircraft should have begun its descent about 100 miles (160 kilometres) from Mumbai, but here it was still at cruising altitude. We checked for hijack."
Finally air traffic control buzzed the cockpit and woke up the pilots, who turned the plane around, the report said.
Air India on Thursday said a plane had overshot its Mumbai destination on June 4 but furiously denied it was because the pilots were sleeping, putting the glitch down to a brief communications breakdown.
"The report is absolutely incorrect, devoid of facts, misleading and irresponsible. It is a figment of imagination," Air India spokesman Jitender Bhargava told AFP by telephone from Mumbai.
"We have gone through the flight reports of the last 30 days. A plane did cross Mumbai for 15 kilometres because it had lost contact for a few moments. At those speeds 15 kilometres is covered in a very short time."
The plane quickly established contact with air traffic control and landed a short while later, he said.
Bhargava accused the Times of India, one of the country's biggest papers, of "batting for somebody." The daily has said in its report that authorities were trying to hush up the incident.
Indian papers also reported this week that a flight operated by private airline Jetlite to the central Indian city of Patna was grounded after the pilot was allegedly found to be drunk. |
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Psynaesthesian
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Posted : Jun 29, 2008 12:25
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i am a bit concerned about these excessively taxing schedules and routes assigned to a single set of pilots by airlines.
some of my pilot friends have mentioned to me that easier and more convenient routes are given to senior pilots, and the newer and less experienced ones have to take on these long via-via-via kind of flights which are operated such not because of the lack of pilots, but probably to cut costs in some way.
not much in way of comfort, safety and peace of mind for the air traveler.
maybe it's a good time to work on our carbon footprints!!
b'om!!
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headyatail2000
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Posted : Jun 29, 2008 19:30
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what does this have 2 do with trance???
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exotic
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Posted : Jun 29, 2008 19:38
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headyatail2000
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Posted : Jun 29, 2008 19:54
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thank u captain obvious...
jus cuz they were heading 2wards GOA?jeez!
kaka thread
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kin beat
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Posted : Jun 29, 2008 20:08
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coSmiIic r080t0n3
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Posted : Jun 29, 2008 22:04
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exotic
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Posted : Jun 29, 2008 23:21
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On 2008-06-29 19:54, headyatail2000 wrote:
thank u captain obvious...
jus cuz they were heading 2wards GOA?jeez!
kaka thread
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The connection to trance just couldnt have been more obvious than that , captain "i just rescued this thread "
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dj_sundrop
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Posted : Jun 30, 2008 00:51
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Soul Plane :-p
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Psynaesthesian
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Posted : Jun 30, 2008 12:34
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seems like there's more abusers than users today!!
b'om shankara!!
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