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A passenger jet full of passengers was left circling the airport where it was due to land after an air traffic controller fell asleep. The flight, from\u00a0Paris to Corsica<\/a>\u00a0– an island in the Mediterranean – could not land as the sole air traffic controller in the tower had not illuminated the 2,400-metre-long runway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It meant\u00a0the aircraft<\/a>\u00a0– which was an hour late – was forced to circle for almost 20 minutes before the worker woke up. It is understood he was the only person working and had to be woken up by other workers at the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Air Corsica pilot<\/a>\u00a0circled the airport and reportedly was making plans to divert to an alternative location. The captain told\u00a0The Times<\/a>: “In a career of several decades I have never had to handle such a situation. We did a little tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“At no time was there any panic. Everyone stayed calm.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He insisted that the passengers found the incident funny and were not concerned at any point. An investigation has been opened into the ‘unusual situation’. The controller has since tested negative for alcohol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plane eventually managed to land at the airport at Ajaccio without further incident. Radar tracking of the flight shows it doing three large circles off the coast before eventually coming in to land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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