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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Lucy Thackray

Pilot sacked after being accused of falling asleep during New York to Rome flight

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A pilot working for Italy’s state-run airline, ITA, has been fired for allegedly falling asleep at the controls during a flight from New York to Rome last month.

The Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported that both pilots had dozed off in the cockpit on flight AZ609, flying from the US to Italy on 30 April.

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