SHOCKING! Indonesian airline pilots fell asleep mid-air for 28 minutes, plane veered off flight path

In a bizarre and most significantly surprising incident, an Indonesian flight averted a major catastrophic accident after both of its pilots fell asleep for 28 minutes mid-air.

According to a report released by the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT), a government agency, flight Batik Air- BTK6723- took off from Kendari in Southeast Sulawesi province to the capital Jakarta on January 25, with 153 passengers and four flight attendants on board.

Although the report did not mention the names of the pilots, it recognises the pilot-in-command as a 32-year-old Indonesian male and the second-in-command as a 28-year-old Indonesian male.

Pilot has twins and had not taken proper rest before the flight

The report mentioned that the second-in-command pilot had notified his co-pilot earlier in the day that he had not had “proper rest” as he had one-month-old twins and “had to wake up several times to help his wife take care of the babies”.