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Indonesia’s Batik Air has suspended two pilots after an alarming incident where both were found asleep during a domestic flight in January, the airline said. The pilot took a nap during the return flight to Jakarta from Kendari after reaching cruising altitude, but the co-pilot unintentionally fell asleep while at the helm, Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) said in a report. “Batik Air took preventive action by temporarily suspending the pilots of flight number ID-6723, on the Kendari to Jakarta route, who served on January 25,” airline spokesman Danang Mandala Prihan…

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