They had fallen asleep Flight missed the landing in Addis Ababa. now Ethiopian Airlines he suspended two of his own pilots protagonists of the accident. “The crew involved have been withdrawn from operations pending further investigation,” the Ethiopian national airline announced in a statement published on its website. “Appropriate corrective actions will be taken based on the outcome of the investigation. Safety has always been and always will be our first priority,” he added.
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Two pilots fall asleep in flight and miss the landing: only woken up by the alarm system
Ethiopian pilots suspended
“We have received a report stating that Ethiopian flight number ET343 en route from Khartoum to Addis Ababa on August 15, 2022 temporarily lost communication with Addis Ababa air traffic control. The flight then landed safely after communications were restored,” she wrote to the airline, without confirming that the two fell asleep. As specialist media revealed, the possibly tragic lightness was resolved with a 25-minute “u” inversion.
The accident
Air traffic controllers had tried to contact the pilots immediately after the 154-seat Boeing 737 passed the point where it was supposed to begin its descent, but to no avail. Only an alarm from the security system woke her up. There are only two flight hours between the Sudanese capital Khartoum and neighboring Ethiopia. Alex Macheras, an aviation analyst, called the incident “deeply disturbing”: “Pilot fatigue is nothing new and remains one of the top threats to flight safety internationally,” he wrote on Twitter.