Co-pilot on Jet Airways flight “busy on iPad” while pilot rests and the plane drops 5,000 feet

Based in India, Jet Airways operates several dozen aircraft on routes from the United States, to Europe, and across the Middle East and southern Asia. For the longer flights, Jet Airways has ten Boeing 777-300 extended range aircraft to ferry several hundred people at a time over distances as long as 7,900 miles.



Last week, on one such Jet Airways 777 en route from Brussels to Mumbai with 280 passengers on board, the co-pilot was supposed to be presiding over the flight controls while pilot and captain of the aircraft was taking a “controlled rest,” which is allowed for longer flights.



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