Photos: Outrage as Pilot Goes to Sleep During Flight Leaving a Trainee in Charge of the Jet

A pilot is under a lot of fire after he went to sleep inside the business class leaving a trainee in charge of the jet during flight.

Captain Amir Akhtar Hashmi, a senior pilot with Dreamliner Pakistan International Airlines is accused of putting passengers' lives at risk by leaving a trainee at the controls of a packed jet to nap in a business class seat.

Hashmi allegedly slept for two-and-a-half-hours on board the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Islamabad to London on April 26.



A passenger, who filed a complaint with the airline, took a picture of the snoozing pilot and shared the snap on social media.



An airline source told Pakistani newspaper Dawn that bosses had tried to put off an inquiry but had to “succumb to pressure” from government officials after the photo was shared online.

Hashmi should have been in control of the 305-seater Boeing 777 plane during the eight-hour flight to Heathrow but he was reported to have placed a pilot trainee in charge of the jet.

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