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>> couric: good evening, everyone. its hard to believe it happened once, but now its happened again, and again and again. an air traffic controller sleeping on the job on an overnight shift. forcing a plane to land without any help from the tower. the latest incident just last night involved an air ambulance with a sick patient on board. today, that controller was suspended. wyatt andrews has the story. >> reporter: this time, the air traffic controller fell asleep in the control tower...

caught napping three times in seattle, plus the infamous sleepers in knoxville and washington, d.c in knoxville, the controller had made a bed in the tower while on duty. >> no ones answering on 23-9. >> reporter: in washington, two passenger jets landed unassisted as the controller slept at regan national, just across the potomac from the white house. >> and the tower is apparently unmanned. >> im outraged, im disappointed, im disturbed. >> reporter: cbs news transportation safety ana...

>> couric: good evening, everyone. its hard to believe it happened once, but now its happened again and again and again. an air traffic controller sleeping on the job on an overnight shift. forcing a plane to land without any help from the tower. the latest incident just last night involved an air ambulance with a sick patient on board. today, that controller was suspended. wyatt andrews has the story. >> reporter: this time, the air traffic controller fell asleep in the control tower ...