THE pilot of an airliner that crashed on landing, killing 158 people, had only just woken up and was disoriented, a report found yesterday.

The pilot of an airliner that crashed on landing killing 158 people had only just woken up and was disoriented, a report found today.

Investigators have recovered the digital flight data recorder of the Air India flight which crashed and killed 158 people in southern India over the weekend, police said today.