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Airline pilots asleep in the cockpit during long-haul flight

                        Airline pilots asleep in the cockpit during long-haul flight Two airline pilots have confessed to being asleep in the cockpit at the same time during a long-haul flight into the UK. The captain and his co-pilot on the packed 325-seat Airbus A330 had decided to take turns in having 20-minute naps during the journey on August 13. But less than two hours after take-off, both were reportedly asleep, leaving the plane cruising on autopilot with no-one to take control in the event of an emergency. They admitted what… View Article