An air traffic controller was found asleep under a blanket mid-shift at one of the world's top airports

• An air traffic controller in Australia was found asleep under a blanket at the end of a shift.
• They had worked seven night shifts in nine days due to staffing changes, a safety investigation found.
• The report said an "underlying lack of resources" contributed to the incident.

An air traffic controller at a major Australian airport was found asleep at the end of their night shift, according to an investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).

The worker had signed on for their night shift, which ran from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., at the Brisbane Centre, a major air traffic control center in Brisbane Airport.