#4263059 - 05/23/16 02:47 PM
Ghost flight: Pilots fall asleep with 140 aboard, F16s scrambled
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http://www.miragenews.com/ghost-flight-pilots-fall-asleep-with-140-aboard-f16s-scrambled-video/Just a few hours after EgyptAirs A320 with 66 people aboard crashed in the Mediterranean on Thursday, another aircraft narrowly avoided a fatal disaster over Greece.
Delta Air Lines aircraft 767-400, on a charter flight (DL-8957) from Frankfurt Hahn to Kuwait, entered the Athens Flight Information Region(FIR) from southeastern Tirana (Albania) at 7.10pm local time on Thursday without identifying itself and pilots did not respond to repeated calls by controllers from Italy and Greece for at least an hour, an official said on Sunday, confirming Greek media reports.Because of terrorist attack or hijack fears, the incident was immediately escalated by the Greek Civil Aviation authorities to the Ministry of Defense.
Following military protocol, at 7.49pm two F-16 fighter jets intercepted the Delta plane while it was flying near the Aegean island of Santorini. F-16 pilots attempted to make visual contact with the passenger jet pilots but reported to the ground their being in normal sitting position but possibly asleep. One of the F16s flew in front of the passenger plane and with light signals attempted to alert the pilots while the other flying next to the passenger cabin.
After passengers reported the presence of a military jet to flight attendants, the latter knocked on the cockpit door to wake up pilots. Pilots then contacted Greek authorities at 7.55pm and exited the Athens FIR at 8.10pm. Due to its consistent cruising during the no-contact time, the plane is said to be on auto pilot. Someone needs to do a review on how many resting hours are pilots getting between flights.
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#4263148 - 05/23/16 06:59 PM
Re: Ghost flight: Pilots fall asleep with 140 aboard, F16s scrambled
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With today's hopelessly over-extended flight time regulations, it's a wonder this doesn't happen more often.
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
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#4263163 - 05/23/16 07:36 PM
Re: Ghost flight: Pilots fall asleep with 140 aboard, F16s scrambled
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So, is it only alleged that the pilots were asleep?
The article would seem to indicate that the aircraft was moving across a radio transition region, I wonder if something else was in play here, so far as the lack of communication and thus presumption of sleep.
Have to wait for some other sources or statements from parties involved to be reported.
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#4263203 - 05/23/16 08:55 PM
Re: Ghost flight: Pilots fall asleep with 140 aboard, F16s scrambled
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Stewardesses and cots, eh? That must have been a long time ago. Yup. He retired from AA (American Airlines for those who don't know or are not familiar with U.S. Airlines Acronyms) when AA was a company that still took care of you once you retire from them after many years of service. His retirement package was probably in the 7 digit. He tells me how he still own apartments in Los Angeles and New York and several cities in Europe from when he was still flying and he used those places as love pads. He also owns a couple of dozen apartment complexes in the DFW area that he is landlord of. He is close to almost 90 now.
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#4263214 - 05/23/16 09:38 PM
Re: Ghost flight: Pilots fall asleep with 140 aboard, F16s scrambled
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