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Northwest Pilots Missed Myriad Warnings
Skip to bbc.co.uk search An inquiry has begun after a US plane heading from San Diego to Minneapolis missed the airport it was meant to land at by 150 miles (240km).    EDT Two Northwest Airlines pilots failed to make radio contact with ground controllers for more than an hour and overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles before discovering the mistake and turning around.    The jet flew over the airport just before 8 p.m. and overshot it before communication was re-established at 8:14 p.m, the NTSB said. reports that about 10 air traffic controllers from two different centers - Denver and Minneapolis - tried to reach the pilots during the hour and 20 minutes they were incommunicado.   

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Northwest Pilots Missed Myriad Warnings
 produced on 10/23, 12:04 PM

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Skip to bbc.co.uk search An inquiry has begun after a US plane heading from San Diego to Minneapolis missed the airport it was meant to land at by 150 miles (240km). (3:2)    EDT Two Northwest Airlines pilots failed to make radio contact with ground controllers for more than an hour and overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles before discovering the mistake and turning around. (4:6)    The jet flew over the airport just before 8 p.m. and overshot it before communication was re-established at 8:14 p.m, the NTSB said. reports that about 10 air traffic controllers from two different centers - Denver and Minneapolis - tried to reach the pilots during the hour and 20 minutes they were incommunicado. (4:15)    But as the plane got closer to Minneapolis, she said, "the Denver center tried to contact the flight but couldn't get anyone."Denver controllers notified their counterparts in Minneapolis, who also tried to reach the crew without success, Brown said. (4:43)   

By that time, the plane was over Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and the pilots had been out of communication with air traffic controllers for over an hour. said. (1:8)    Ahlers -- A passenger flight from San Diego, California, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, overshot its destination airport by about 150 miles Wednesday, and federal investigators are looking into whether the pilots had become distracted, as they claimed, or perhaps fallen asleep. (2:3)    The controllers in Minneapolis ordered the pilot to make a series of unnecessary maneuvers to convince them the pilots were in control of the flight, the source said, adding that fighter jets were poised in Madison, Wisconsin, but were never deployed. (2:8)   

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  1.  Northwest Pilots Missed Myriad Warnings   [Cached]   [www.cbsnews.com]   [Use As Seed]
  2.  Airliner overshoots airport; controllers feared hijacking   [Cached]   [www.cnn.com]   [Use As Seed]
  3.  Americas 'Distracted' pilots fail to land   [Cached]   [news.bbc.co.uk]   [Use As Seed]
  4.  Flight Overshoots Airport by 150 Miles   [Cached]   [www.cbsnews.com]   [Use As Seed]
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