Indonesia's Aviation Safety Agency has called on airlines to strengthen cockpit controls and ensure cabin crew get adequate rest before each flight, after two Batik Air pilots fell asleep during a domestic flight at the end of January, which did not cause any accidents.
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On January 25, a pilot and his co-pilot fell asleep on an Airbus A320 simultaneously for about 28 minutes during a flight from Sulawesi (north of the country) to the capital, Jakarta, according to a preliminary report issued by the National Transportation Safety Committee. (Connect).
This report, which AFP saw on Friday, was published on the agency's website at the end of February.
The report said that one of the pilots did not get enough rest the night before the flight, adding that the accident led to a series of navigational errors, but the 153 passengers and four flight attendants emerged unharmed from these two hours and thirty-five minutes. Minute flight.
About half an hour after take-off, the captain asked his co-pilot for permission to rest for a while, which he obtained. The latter then took control of the plane, but also unintentionally fell asleep, the report continued.
Twenty-eight minutes after the last recorded transmission, the pilot woke up and realized that his co-pilot was asleep and the plane was not on track. The report stated that he immediately woke up his colleague, responded to calls from Jakarta and corrected the flight path.
The plane landed safely after the accident.
Indonesia, a vast archipelago extending over 5,000 kilometers, has a poor aviation safety record, although it relies heavily on air transport to connect its thousands of islands.
