Australian authorities are investigating after a sleeping pilot overflew his destination by 30 miles before waking up and turning around. The Vortex Air Navajo was on an early morning flight from Devonport, Tasmania, to King Island, which is between Tasmania and the Australian mainland. The Navajo was on autopilot and assuming a direct track from Devenport would have made landfall again over southwestern Victoria depending on its fuel load. Vortex Air issued a statement saying the pilot "unintentionally fell asleep while in command of the aircraft" and that ATC was unable to raise him on the radio.
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