A sleepy pilot was to blame for a plane crash in May in southern India which killed almost 160 people, an official investigation has reportedly found.
According to advance copies of the report seen by Indian media, the Air India plane approached the Mangalore runway at the wrong height and angle.
The Serbian pilot had been asleep for most of the three-hour flight and was "disorientated" as the plane descended.
The tragedy was the country's first major air crash in 10 years.
The pilot, Zlatko Glusica, landed the plane despite having been urged by his co-pilot to go round again, the court of inquiry has reportedly found.
Seconds before the plane erupted into a fireball, voice recordings picked up the co-pilot saying: "We don't have runway left".
The Boeing 737 overshot, plunged into a steep gorge and burst into flames. Only eight people survived.
Most of the passengers on the low-cost flight from Dubai to Mangalore were Indian migrant workers returning from the Gulf.
The report was submitted to India's civil aviation ministry on Tuesday ahead of its official publication.
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According to advance copies of the report seen by Indian media, the Air India plane approached the Mangalore runway at the wrong height and angle.
The Serbian pilot had been asleep for most of the three-hour flight and was "disorientated" as the plane descended.
The tragedy was the country's first major air crash in 10 years.
The pilot, Zlatko Glusica, landed the plane despite having been urged by his co-pilot to go round again, the court of inquiry has reportedly found.
Seconds before the plane erupted into a fireball, voice recordings picked up the co-pilot saying: "We don't have runway left".
The Boeing 737 overshot, plunged into a steep gorge and burst into flames. Only eight people survived.
Most of the passengers on the low-cost flight from Dubai to Mangalore were Indian migrant workers returning from the Gulf.
The report was submitted to India's civil aviation ministry on Tuesday ahead of its official publication.
Read More
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11772562
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