India: 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 today.

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

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.

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