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>> couric: good evening, everyone. it's hard to believe it happened once, but now it's 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 in reno, nevada, and this time, the pilot, flying a medical flight with an emergency patient on b...

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 one's 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. >> i'm outraged, i'm disappointed, i'm disturbed. >> reporter: cbs news transportation safety analyst mark rosinger says that seven sleeping controllers is a sign the public is at risk. >> i be...

>> couric: good evening, everyone. it's hard to believe it happened once, but now it's 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 in reno, nevada, and this time, the pilot, flying a medical flight with an emergency patient on bo...