Pilot confuses Venus with another plane and nearly causes air disaster

According to Reuters, a Canadian pilot almost caused a serious air crash by confusing the glow emitted by the planet Venus with another aircraft. The commander, who was still under the effects of sleep, believed he was on a collision course, performing a maneuver that caused the plane to plunge toward the Atlantic Ocean.

According to the report issued by the Canadian Air Transport Safety Committee (TSB), the flight carried 95 passengers and 8 crew members from Toronto to Zurich, Switzerland, and killed 16 people, 7 of whom had to be hospitalized. .

According to past research, half of the pilots admit to sleeping while in command of the aircraft, and the fact that a pilot has decided to drive his plane directly to the ocean rather than risk Venus only reinforces the need to review of civil aviation rules.