Pilot and co-pilot fell asleep at the same time for about 28 minutes during a flight from Sulawesi - in northern Indonesia - to Jakarta. All 153 passengers and four flight attendants on the Airbus A320 were unharmed during the two-hour, 35-minute journey.

Investigators did not identify the pilots, but indicated that they were both Indonesians, ages 32 and 28. The Ministry of Transport "strongly reprimands" Batik Air for the incident, said Air Transport Director General Kristi Endah Murni.