Two Ethiopian Airlines pilots missed their landing when they were travelling from Khartoum, Sudan, to Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. A source confirmed that the event happened on Monday and said that as flight ET343 reached the airport but did not begin the descent, the Air Traffic Control (ATC) raised an alarm.
The Boeing 737’s autopilot system reportedly maintained the aircraft cruising at 37,000 feet as the pilots slept. It said that the plane stayed on the ground for around 2.5 hours before taking off on its subsequent voyage. The ATC made numerous attempts to get in touch with the pilots but was unsuccessful. The autopilot disconnected as soon as the aircraft crossed the landing strip. The pilots were awakened by an alarm that was set off by that.
After that, they turned the plane around in preparation for a 25-minute runway landing, the source added. Fortunately, nobody was hurt, and the aircraft made a safe landing.
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