At 36,000 feet, a plane carrying 153 passengers drifted off course after an unexpected 28-minute lapse by both the pilots
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August 21, 2026
Image: Chaideer Mahyuddin/CNN An Airbus A320 carrying 153 passengers was cruising towards Jakarta when an extraordinary lapse in the cockpit left neither pilot awake to monitor the aircraft. Both pilots on the Batik Air flight fell asleep at the same…