The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether the pilot and copilot of a Feb. 13 Go! Airlines flight fell asleep while in the air between Honolulu and Hilo, an FAA spokesman said today. Flight 1002 left Honolulu around 9 p.m. local time on what was scheduled as a 30-minute flight, said Ian Gregor, spokesman for the FAA’s Western-Pacific Region. The aircraft overshot Hilo by 15 miles while at cruising altitude, and air traffic controllers were unable to reach the flight crew for approximately 20 to 25 minutes, he said. The plane eventually turned around and landed at Hilo without incident. The FAA investigation is underway and will involve interviews with the pilots, air traffic controllers and witnesses, Gregor said. Investigators will also review radar tracks and audio tapes to determine if, in fact, the pilots fell asleep, he said.
Paul Skellon, a spokesman for Mesa Air Group, the owner of Go! Airlines, said that the company was cooperating fully with the FAA.
These guys can’t stay awake for 30 friggin’ minutes?!?!
It could have been that one was pitching, the other was catching and they lost track of time.
This is the kind of stupid news I come here for, not political drivel. My brother is a pilot.. sounds like a boring job to me.
#1 – SpEd
>>It could have been that one was pitching, the
>>other was catching and they lost track of
>>time.
I think the psychiatrists call that “projection”, SpEd.
the last time that I almost fell asleep on the controls I decided to land asap. But then again, I’m usually alone in the plane 🙂
pj
Or maybe they were reading blogs with old news.
#5 – what do you fly?
I have just a few hours and need to get back…
Feb 13!?
Of what year?
Flying is the most boring job one can have, next to being a railroad engineer. After-all, we are just “babysitters.”
Try a long flight of 8 to 16 hours !!
My grandfather was a railroad engineer, he had the same problem, staying awake !
Pilot and copilot fell asleep on a 30 minute flight? More like fell unconcious, Maybe the plane reached altitude and suddenly lost pressurization. This seems a more likely explanation than they just fell asleep.
This is The Story That Wouldn’t Die…
Short hop pilots get ridiculously low wages. You can make more money a year working at Best Buy.
I guess the best way to figure it out is check the cockpit audio, if there’s a LOOOONG gap of silence, bingo.