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A sleepy pilot was to blame for a plane crash in May in southern India which killed almost 160 people, an official investigation has reportedly found.
Air India pilot Zlatko Glusica had been asleep for most of the flight and was "disorientated" as the plane began its descent, said a court of inquiry.
It found the Serbian pilot approached the Mangalore runway at the wrong height and angle, Indian media reports.
It was the country's first major air crash in 10 years.
The report was submitted to the civil aviation ministry on Tuesday ahead of its official publication.
It finds that Glusica landed the plane despite having been urged by his co-pilot to go round again, according to India media.
Seconds before the plane erupted into a fireball, voice recordings picked up the co-pilot saying: "We don't have runway left".
The Boeing 737 overshot, plunged into a steep gorge and burst into flames. Only eight people survived.
Most of the passengers on the low-cost, three-hour flight from Dubai to Mangalore were Indian migrant workers returning from the Gulf.
BBC News - Air India plane crash: 'Sleepy' pilot blamed
Air India pilot Zlatko Glusica had been asleep for most of the flight and was "disorientated" as the plane began its descent, said a court of inquiry.
It found the Serbian pilot approached the Mangalore runway at the wrong height and angle, Indian media reports.
It was the country's first major air crash in 10 years.
The report was submitted to the civil aviation ministry on Tuesday ahead of its official publication.
It finds that Glusica landed the plane despite having been urged by his co-pilot to go round again, according to India media.
Seconds before the plane erupted into a fireball, voice recordings picked up the co-pilot saying: "We don't have runway left".
The Boeing 737 overshot, plunged into a steep gorge and burst into flames. Only eight people survived.
Most of the passengers on the low-cost, three-hour flight from Dubai to Mangalore were Indian migrant workers returning from the Gulf.
BBC News - Air India plane crash: 'Sleepy' pilot blamed
