Newsstand - Controller oversleeps; planes circle for 40 minutes

Good thing they had sufficient fuel and didn't need to divert. :eek:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080929/od_nm/us_flights_oversleep_1

ATHENS (Reuters) - Two airplanes due to land on the Greek island of Lesbos had to circle above the Aegean sea for more than half an hour because an air traffic controller overslept, police said Monday.

You know those Lesbians.....

will he have to foot the gas bill?

--Russ

will he have to foot the gas bill?

--Russ

RTA please. The Lesbian ATC was a woman :D

How incompetent...

I recall the same thing happening to a redeye flight trying to land in Canberra last year.

Edited:

Ok - I guess it was more than a year...

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=468467