dbeyat45
Professional Stirrer
- Location
- SE Queensland, Australia
Thank the Lord:
[h=1]Flights diverted after pilot Michael Cusato falls asleep on approach to Sydney[/h]
Tiredness, illness and country and western music are to blame after a solo pilot's 20-minute snooze during a flight to Sydney sparked a minor emergency and a serious air transport investigation.
Port Macquarie businessman and city councillor Michael Cusato was grounded after a sleep on September 1 last year that started shortly after he switched his Cessna 210 to auto-pilot and listened to country and western music on a flight from Port Macquarie to Bankstown airport.
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[h=1]Flights diverted after pilot Michael Cusato falls asleep on approach to Sydney[/h]
Tiredness, illness and country and western music are to blame after a solo pilot's 20-minute snooze during a flight to Sydney sparked a minor emergency and a serious air transport investigation.
Port Macquarie businessman and city councillor Michael Cusato was grounded after a sleep on September 1 last year that started shortly after he switched his Cessna 210 to auto-pilot and listened to country and western music on a flight from Port Macquarie to Bankstown airport.
When I realised where I was I was well into the flight paths of some of the jets.
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau report released this week said Mr Cusato failed to respond to numerous calls from air traffic controllers in Brisbane and Sydney from 4pm as he entered Williamtown airspace at 8500 feet.
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