A plane was flying with 159 onboard. Then both pilots fell asleep.

Two pilots of an aircraft carrying 157 other people fell asleep midflight, causing the plane to veer off its designated path, according to a preliminary report by Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee.

The pilots were operating a Batik Air flight on Jan. 25 when they both fell asleep at the same time for around 28 minutes, the report said. The plane, carrying 153 passengers and four crew members, had left Kendari, in the southeast of the island of Sulawesi, and was headed to Jakarta, a two-hour and 35-minute flight.

The report did not identify the pilots, only describing the pilot in command as a 32-year-old Indonesian and the second in command as a 28-year-old Indonesian. Both had been deemed fit to fly, having passed health checks and returned negative tests for alcohol, the report said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2024/03/10/batik-air-pilots-fall-asleep-indonesia/