Ethiopian Airlines pilots ‘overshoot runway after falling asleep’

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    Two pilots fell asleep at 37,000ft (11,000m), missing an airport runway before waking to safely land the plane, an aviation publication says.

    Air traffic tried to contact them after they overshot the point of descent into Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa airport.

    The pilots eventually woke up and landed the plane on its second approach, the Aviation Herald said.

    The Ethiopian Airlines crew have been put on leave pending investigation, state-run news outlet Fana reported.

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