Feds probe why Northwest pilots missed airport
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- News Source: Press TV | about 1 month agoHowever, in an interview with AP, Pilot Richard Cole would not explain why he and his colleague blew past their destination and forgot to land Flight 188. "We were not asleep; we were not having an argument; we were not having a fight," Cole told the...
- News Source: BBC | about 1 month agoRichard Cole told the Associated Press news agency outside his home in Oregon that it was not unusual for planes to lose contact with ground control. Contact with the Northwest Airlines jet was lost for more than an hour before it landed in...
- News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | about 1 month agoFirst officer Richard Cole also denied they had an argument causing them to fly into the neighbouring state of Wisconsin before they turned around. Air traffic controllers tried for more than an hour to contact the pilots. Both were repeatedly called...
- News Source: Belleville News-Democrat | about 1 month agoThe jet with 144 passengers aboard was being closely monitored by senior White House officials, White House spokesman Nick Shapiro told The Associated Press on Saturday...Many aviation safety experts and pilots say the most likely explanation is that...
- News Source: United Press International | about 1 month agoMore than a dozen U.S. air traffic controllers tried to alert two Northwest pilots who overshot their Minnesota destination by 110 miles, officials said...Timothy Cheney, 53, of Gig Harbor, Wash., and First Officer Richard Cole, 54, of Salem, Ore.,...
- News Source: Kansas City Star | about 1 month agoThe Northwest pilots who flew 150 miles past their intended airport in Minneapolis this past week insist a clandestine nap isn't to blame for their goof.
But the prospect that a drowsy flight crew could have slept through frantic calls from air...
- Blog Source: cbs11tv.comAs of Thursday, NTSB investigators had not yet examined the plane's cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder, which were being sent to Washington for analysis. Ben Berman, an airline pilot and former chief of major accident ...
- Blog Source: www.business24-7.aeThe plane's cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder were being sent to Washington for analysis. Northwest Airlines reportedly suspended the pilots from flying as the probe got under way. During the 78-minute radio silence ... "Many people
- Blog Source: www.vosizneias.comWhat policy issue the crew was arguing over is unknown, but pilot seniority has been a heated issue during the Delta-Northwest merger. In a statement, Delta Airlines said the pilots have been grounded. The safety of our passengers and ...
- Blog Source: dancirucci.blogspot.comBut as investigators retrieve data from the cockpit recorder, they likely will be hard-pressed to determine whether pilot fatigue or distraction was the primary cause of the incident. ... As the probe accelerates, safety-board investigators will
- Blog Source: roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.comIn the case of the wayward Northwest plane that overshot its destination, Minneapolis, by 150 miles, investigators are looking into whether the pilots were asleep when they were out of communication with controllers for an hour. ... In recent years,
- Blog Source: www.huffingtonpost.comThe FAA said Friday letters had been sent informing the pilots they are being investigated by the agency and it is possible their pilot's licenses could be suspended or revoked. Investigators don't know whether the ... An airport police officer and
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@davidjoachim RT @TimOBrienNYT: Wayward pilots were working on their laptops http://bit.ly/wkE0U
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@guyadams Northwest pilots who overshot runway were on their laptops, Tweeting, probably http://bit.ly/2an7rd
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@awlavallee Did Laptops, Not Napping, Distract Northwest 188’s Pilots? http://bit.ly/3tQI7z
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@timobriennyt TimOBrienNYT: Wayward pilots were working on their laptops http://bit.ly/wkE0U
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@stevebruskCNN Delta says violations of that rule will result in termination. For now, pilots remain suspended and airline says it's cooperating in probe
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@bettynguyencnn BettyNguyenCNN: Should the pilots lose their jobs?
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@bettynguyencnn BettyNguyenCNN: Pilots who missed runway by 150 miles say they were on their laptops & lost track of time. http://tinyurl.com/yhfm8od
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@ktumulty This is supposed to make us feel better about these guys? RT @nytimes Wayward Pilots Were Working on Their Laptops http://bit.ly/1CxyWp
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@JuliaAngwin RT @WSJDigits: Did Laptops, Not Napping, Distract Northwest 188’s Pilots? http://bit.ly/LBqcR
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@bettynguyencnn BettyNguyenCNN: On the air this morning. If the pilots weren't sleeping or arguing - what were they doing to cause them to miss the runway by 150 miles?
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