Another Air Traffic Controller Asleep

This time in Reno.

The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it suspended an air traffic controller for falling asleep at work and being out of communication for 16 minutes, forcing a medical flight to land overnight without local support.

"Can't seem to get a hold of the tower here," the pilot of the LifeGuard flight says in an audiotape recording. "We will circle some more. We've got a pretty sick patient. We may have to just land."

More on the Air Traffic Controller Sleeping at Reagan National

A storm of amazement has struck air-traffic control in Washington after a staff member fell asleep while on duty at Reagan National Airport.

Pilots in two aircraft were forced to land without assistance. The agency for flight safety NTSB stated that the controller confessed that this happened after the fourth consecutive night of a 10PM to 6AM shift.