On September 15, an Air Corsica aircraft was forced to circle near Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport (AJA) for about 20 minutes after the air traffic controller (ATC) fell asleep in the tower. The controller eventually woke up after repeated calls from the crew and intervention of the fire department, and the flight landed safely.

The pilots operating the flight said that they remained calm throughout the unusual situation. While there were no further incidents reported, the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) launched an investigation.

Attempting To Land In Ajaccio

The incident involved Air Corsica Flight XK777, operating a flight from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Ajaccio. According to Flightradar24 , the flight departed Paris at 22:46, about an hour later than the schedul

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