Sleeping Pilots?

Two pilots who flew past the airport in Hilo Hawaii by 15 miles are under investigation by aviation authorities to determine whether they were asleep during the incident.

Go! Airlines flight 1002 from Honolulu was expected to land in Hilo had to turn around after flying past the airport.

Air traffic controllers, whose had been tracking the plane by radar, were unable to reach the plane for 25 minutes. The pilots did return to the airport and landed safely. However, there was no indication that the pilots had to avoid landing because of other aircraft or weather.

The pilots may be subjected to a warning, suspension or license revocation depending on the findings.

So much of auto-pilot ehhhh……