DALLAS – Two pilots who reportedly fell asleep and missed the top of descent into Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport (ADD) have been suspended by Ethiopian Airlines (ET).
Flight ET343 departed Sudan’s Khartoum International Airport (KRT) on August 15 and was cruising at 37,000 feet on autopilot when it overshot its descent point.
Despite numerous attempts by Air Traffic Control (ATC) to contact the Boeing 737-800, communication was lost. An alarm was subsequently triggered in the flight deck, alerting the pilots that the autopilot had disconnected after overflying ADD. The flight crew then turned back and commenced a descent, landing some 25 read more ⇒
Source:: “Airways Magazine”