When Air Traffic Controllers Oversleep

Travel Blog  •  Joanna Kakissis  •  10.02.08 | 10:45 AM ET

imageTwo planes had to circle the Greek island of Lesvos for more than 30 minutes earlier this week because no one was at the airport control tower. The controller supposed to be on duty reportedly overslept, according to Reuters. The report prompted one Reuters reader to crack that “given how controllers are overworked these days, though, that might be the only time in the past year she’s had eight hours of sleep.” Scared? I am.

Photo by jefield via Flickr (Creative Commons).