Airliner disaster pilot ‘had been asleep’

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

Air India flight commander Zlatko Glusica’s reactions were slow as he approached Mangalore airport, the government Court of Inquiry into the May 22 crash concluded.

The flight from Dubai overshot a hilltop runway, crashed and plunged over a cliff. Only eight people survived.