<story><title>Both pilots of an A320 fell asleep in the cockpit for 28 minutes</title><url>https://airlive.net/reports/2024/03/09/report-both-pilots-of-an-a320-fall-asleep-in-the-cockpit-for-28-minutes/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bombcar</author><text>First question - how do we tie this to Boeing? (A joke, of course)&lt;p&gt;Second, interesting to note planes don’t have deadman switches.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>HPsquared</author><text>Unlike trains, there isn&amp;#x27;t one action that is basically always safe (stop the train). A dead man switch activating at the wrong time, could itself cause an accident.</text></comment>
<story><title>Both pilots of an A320 fell asleep in the cockpit for 28 minutes</title><url>https://airlive.net/reports/2024/03/09/report-both-pilots-of-an-a320-fall-asleep-in-the-cockpit-for-28-minutes/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bombcar</author><text>First question - how do we tie this to Boeing? (A joke, of course)&lt;p&gt;Second, interesting to note planes don’t have deadman switches.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>firebaze</author><text>Easy:&lt;p&gt;* No wheels fell off (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.independent.co.uk&amp;#x2F;travel&amp;#x2F;news-and-advice&amp;#x2F;united-airlines-plane-tire-blowout-boeing-b2509241.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.independent.co.uk&amp;#x2F;travel&amp;#x2F;news-and-advice&amp;#x2F;united-...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;p&gt;* No doors departed the plane (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnn.com&amp;#x2F;2024&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;ntsb-boeing-alaska-door-plug-blowout-faa&amp;#x2F;index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnn.com&amp;#x2F;2024&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;ntsb-boeing-alaska-d...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;p&gt;* No anti-ice ignited the engines (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.flightglobal.com&amp;#x2F;airframers&amp;#x2F;faa-proposal-targets-787-anti-ice-system-overheating-risk&amp;#x2F;156968.article&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.flightglobal.com&amp;#x2F;airframers&amp;#x2F;faa-proposal-targets...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;p&gt;* No gear failure (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=39644341&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=39644341&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;p&gt;* No unintended pitch-down (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Maneuvering_Characteristics_Augmentation_System&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Maneuvering_Characteristics_Au...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;p&gt;* Pilots well rested :)</text></comment>