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Too Tired to Land: How Two Veteran Pilots Misjudged Narita Runway
Too Tired to Land: How Two Veteran Pilots Misjudged Narita Runway
Sleep-deprived and flying a converted MD-11 with over 19,000 combined hours between them, two veteran pilots failed to get a heavy freighter safely onto Narita's 13,125-foot runway - the aircraft bounced, porpoised, the left wing failed, and the jet rolled inverted five minutes before its scheduled arrival. Neither pilot survived, and investigators later found hotel records, credit card receipts, and cockpit voice recorder audio pointing to a quieter culprit: severe fatigue. How did two experienced military-trained aviators…
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