Air India plane crash: 'Sleepy' pilot blamed

A dozing pilot was to blame for a plane crash in May in southern India which killed 158 people, an official investigation has reportedly found.
According to details of the report leaked to media, the Air India Express plane approached Mangalore at the wrong height and angle.
The Serbian pilot, Zlatko Glusica, was "disorientated" having been asleep for much of the three-hour flight.
The airline said it would not comment until the report's official release.
An Air India spokesperson, who did not want to be named, said: "The media has reported only on parts of the report.
"When we receive the full report, we will respond to the government of India."
According to the Hindustan Times, data recorders captured the sound of snoring.
Glusica is said to have been affected by "sleep inertia" after his nap.
Co-pilot H S Ahluwalia was reportedly heard making repeated warnings to the Serb to abort landing and try again.

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