Ethiopian Airlines pilots fall asleep mid-air

Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 pilots are said to have fallen asleep while flying over Addis Ababa [Courtesy]

Two Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 pilots are said to have fallen asleep mid-flight on their way to Addis Ababa, Bole International airport from Khartoum, Sudan.

According to Aviation Herald, the plane missed its descent after numberous attempts by the Air Traffic Control (ATC) to contact the crew. The flight was cruising at 37,000 feet. After overflying the runway, the autopilot immediatley went off and the alarm went on, in the process waking up the pilots. They managed to land the plane 25 minutes later