The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has started an investigation into an
incident in which a pilot would have fallen asleep. When he awoke, his
original destination was almost fifty kilometers behind him.
 
According to the ATSB, the plane concerned, a Piper Navajo from Vortex Air
Charters, had taken off from Devonport to King Island on 8 November when the
pilot fell asleep at cruising altitude. When he woke up he had already flown
beyond his destination. Eventually the aircraft turned around and landed
without any details.
 
The ATSB takes the incident very high and examines, among other things,
whether the pilot had been in tow for too long. The final report is expected
in the spring.

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