An Air Corsica flight circled for nearly an hour after an air traffic controller fell asleep in Ajaccio, a French island in the Mediterranean Sea. The flight departed Paris Orly Airport at 10:47 p.m. on Sept. 16th and approached Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte Airport just after midnight. Radio calls went unanswered, and runway lights were off. “The captain then contacted the airport fire department,” a passenger told The Times. Fire crews alerted police after finding no response from the tower. The pilot kept passengers informed, joking, “We did a little sightseeing.” He later said, “In my decades of experience, I’ve never had to deal with a situation like this.” Staff eventually accessed the locked tower and woke the controller, who tested negative for drugs and alcohol. The plane landed safely at 12:35 a.m. (Story URL)
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