Relatives of victims of the Mangalore air disaster have reacted angrily after a leaked investigation report revealed that the pilot was half asleep when the plane crashed, killing 158 people.
Zlatko Glusica slept through more than half of the three-hour flight from Dubai on May 22, the investigation is reported to have found.
It said the crash happened because he was sleepy and disorientated, approached the runway incorrectly, overshot the touchdown point and then tried to take off again.
The flight data recorders caught the sound of heavy nasal snoring and breathing during the flight.
The Air India Express Boeing 737 broke through the boundary walls of the hilltop Mangalore Bajpe airport and plunged into a valley. Only eight survived.
Air India authorities have denied that the pilot was asleep. They said only parts of the confidential report had been released, which misrepresented the entire findings.
