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Drivers Complain Of Unhygienic Food, Dirty Rooms; Railway Board Intervenes
Bedbugs and mosquitoes can spoil anyone's sleep but they can also potentially threaten safe train operations, reveal entries made in the complaint books kept in railway running rooms, where local pilots rest after completing their outstation duties.
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Probe Reveals Indonesian Pilots Fell Asleep For 30 Minutes On Flight With 153 People
Although there were several navigational errors as a result of the incident, the flight did not result in any injuries to the Airbus A320's 153 passengers or four flight attendants.
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After Anand Mahindra's Tweet On Pilots, Internet Says "Trains Are Best"
Incidents of pilots sleeping in the cockpits have been reported from across the world.
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Pilots Fall Asleep At 37,000 Feet, Miss Landing
Aviation analyst Alex Macheras also posted about the event on Twitter, calling it "deeply concerning". He also blamed pilot fatigue for it.
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Sachin Pilot Launches Village Outreach Tour Amid Feud Over Poll Defeat
Sachin Pilot shaves by a haystack, chews on a Neem branch and sleeps on a charpoy in his outreach in one of the most rural regions of Rajasthan, where his Congress party failed to win a single seat in the national election last month.
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Pilot Filmed Sleeping In Cockpit, Punished After Video Is Viral
A pilot for China Airlines landed in a soup after a video of him sleeping in the cockpit mid-flight went viral earlier this week. He has now been punished by the airline.
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Social Media Addiction Caused Fighter Jet Crash In 2013: Air Force Chief
Sleep deprivation because of social media use by a pilot had caused a crash of an Indian Air Force fighter jet in 2013, Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa said on Friday in a stunning revelation. Seeking a system to identify if pilots had slept enough before taking off on sorties, Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa said spending hours on social media sites at nigh...
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Pak Airline Pilot Lets Chinese Woman Into Cockpit For 2 Hours: Report
A pilot of Pakistan's flag carrier PIA has been accused of risking security by allowing a young Chinese woman into the cockpit during a flight from Tokyo to Beijing this week, days after another pilot was taken off duty for allegedly sleeping on a London-bound PIA flight.
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Pak Pilot Slept For 2 Hours In Business Class. Flight Had 305 Passengers
A senior pilot, who decided to take a nap during an Islamabad-London flight in April, putting the lives of 305 passengers aboard at risk, has been taken off duty by the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). Reports reveal that Amir Akhtar Hashmi allegedly slept for two-and-a-half-hours in business class cabin seat after handing over the aircraft t...
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UN Rethinks Global Sleep Standards For Helicopter Pilots
A UN aviation task force is updating global standards to ensure commercial helicopter pilots get enough sleep, at a time of broader industry efforts to manage crew fatigue, a technical specialist for the group said on Wednesday.
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Small Plane Crashes into Chicago Home
A small twin-engine cargo plane crashed into a Chicago home Tuesday, killing the pilot but sparing a couple who were sleeping right next to where the plane hit.
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Pilots Were Sleeping When Air France Flight Crashed: Report
Two out of three pilots were sleeping minutes before the Air France plane plunged into the sea off Brazil in 2009, with the loss of all 228 people on board, media reported on Monday.
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Pilot Killed as Small Plane Crashes in Yard of New York Home
A small plane crashed in the yard of a home on New York's Long Island on Tuesday morning, killing the pilot and scattering shards of glass across a room where a baby was sleeping in a crib, authorities said.
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When a pilot fell asleep at the controls of his flight
Air New Zealand said Friday that one of its pilots fell into a deep sleep while at the controls of an international flight but insisted that safety aboard the aircraft was never compromised.
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Drivers Complain Of Unhygienic Food, Dirty Rooms; Railway Board Intervenes
Bedbugs and mosquitoes can spoil anyone's sleep but they can also potentially threaten safe train operations, reveal entries made in the complaint books kept in railway running rooms, where local pilots rest after completing their outstation duties.
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Probe Reveals Indonesian Pilots Fell Asleep For 30 Minutes On Flight With 153 People
Although there were several navigational errors as a result of the incident, the flight did not result in any injuries to the Airbus A320's 153 passengers or four flight attendants.
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After Anand Mahindra's Tweet On Pilots, Internet Says "Trains Are Best"
Incidents of pilots sleeping in the cockpits have been reported from across the world.
-
Pilots Fall Asleep At 37,000 Feet, Miss Landing
Aviation analyst Alex Macheras also posted about the event on Twitter, calling it "deeply concerning". He also blamed pilot fatigue for it.
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Sachin Pilot Launches Village Outreach Tour Amid Feud Over Poll Defeat
Sachin Pilot shaves by a haystack, chews on a Neem branch and sleeps on a charpoy in his outreach in one of the most rural regions of Rajasthan, where his Congress party failed to win a single seat in the national election last month.
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Pilot Filmed Sleeping In Cockpit, Punished After Video Is Viral
A pilot for China Airlines landed in a soup after a video of him sleeping in the cockpit mid-flight went viral earlier this week. He has now been punished by the airline.
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Social Media Addiction Caused Fighter Jet Crash In 2013: Air Force Chief
Sleep deprivation because of social media use by a pilot had caused a crash of an Indian Air Force fighter jet in 2013, Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa said on Friday in a stunning revelation. Seeking a system to identify if pilots had slept enough before taking off on sorties, Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa said spending hours on social media sites at nigh...
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Pak Airline Pilot Lets Chinese Woman Into Cockpit For 2 Hours: Report
A pilot of Pakistan's flag carrier PIA has been accused of risking security by allowing a young Chinese woman into the cockpit during a flight from Tokyo to Beijing this week, days after another pilot was taken off duty for allegedly sleeping on a London-bound PIA flight.
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Pak Pilot Slept For 2 Hours In Business Class. Flight Had 305 Passengers
A senior pilot, who decided to take a nap during an Islamabad-London flight in April, putting the lives of 305 passengers aboard at risk, has been taken off duty by the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). Reports reveal that Amir Akhtar Hashmi allegedly slept for two-and-a-half-hours in business class cabin seat after handing over the aircraft t...
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UN Rethinks Global Sleep Standards For Helicopter Pilots
A UN aviation task force is updating global standards to ensure commercial helicopter pilots get enough sleep, at a time of broader industry efforts to manage crew fatigue, a technical specialist for the group said on Wednesday.
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Small Plane Crashes into Chicago Home
A small twin-engine cargo plane crashed into a Chicago home Tuesday, killing the pilot but sparing a couple who were sleeping right next to where the plane hit.
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Pilots Were Sleeping When Air France Flight Crashed: Report
Two out of three pilots were sleeping minutes before the Air France plane plunged into the sea off Brazil in 2009, with the loss of all 228 people on board, media reported on Monday.
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Pilot Killed as Small Plane Crashes in Yard of New York Home
A small plane crashed in the yard of a home on New York's Long Island on Tuesday morning, killing the pilot and scattering shards of glass across a room where a baby was sleeping in a crib, authorities said.
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When a pilot fell asleep at the controls of his flight
Air New Zealand said Friday that one of its pilots fell into a deep sleep while at the controls of an international flight but insisted that safety aboard the aircraft was never compromised.
