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Pilots ‘asleep in cockpit’ as passenger plane on auto, FOI reveals

The BBC report:

Two pilots were suffering from “severe fatigue” when they fell asleep mid-flight on a UK-operated passenger plane, it has been revealed.

Both nodded off at the same time, according to a Freedom of Information request by Data News Ltd.

One said they had had only five hours’ sleep over the previous two nights.

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