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Dozy pilot lucky to be alive after falling asleep for 40 minutes at 11,000 feet

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The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA pilot had an incredibly lucky escape after falling asleep at the controls and dozing for 40 minutes, 11,000 feet in the air.Despite being shouted at by air traffic control over the radio, and another plane flying as close to him as possible to try and rouse him, when the slumbering air jockey finally woke up he had overflown his target airport by more than 65 miles and was heading out over the ocean.An investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said the Cessna pilot was on a flight from Cairns to Redcliffe when he encountered unexpected icy conditions and poor visibility due to cloud.He was forced to climb from 10,000ft.

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