I wonder what sites got them so distracted:thinking:
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A Northwest Airlines Airbus A320 in flight, like the one that overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles Oct. 21, 2009
The Northwest Pilots who overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles on Sunday were distracted by using laptops in the cockpit, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The pilots of Northwest Flight 188 told federal investigators that a bathroom break, chatting with a flight attendant in the cockpit and then taking out their laptops to discuss work schedules apparently created distractions that led to more than an hour of radio silence with air-traffic controllers, according to people familiar with the statements, the paper reported.
The pilots reportedly told the National Transportation Safety Board investigators that they had laptops out in the cockpit while they were discussing crew schedules, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The paper said that additional factors also may have contributed to protracted radio silence.
National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Keith Holloway said investigators interviewed the pilot and co-pilot in person in Minneapolis.
Fox News has learned that the NTSB also interviewed three flight attendants on Monday.
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Holloway said the NTSB would not comment on the substance of the discussions until Monday at the earliest.
Northwest Airlines is cooperating and doing its own internal investigation, said Chris Kelly, a spokesman for Northwest Airlines' parent company, Delta Air Lines Inc.
Air traffic controllers tried for more than an hour Wednesday night to contact the Minneapolis-bound flight, which later turned around and landed safely. First officer Richard Cole has said he and the captain were not sleeping or arguing in the cockpit, but hasn't explained their lapse in response and the detour. The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site Sunday that the pilots planned to repeat their story to safety investigators during Sunday's interview.
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A Northwest Airlines Airbus A320 in flight, like the one that overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles Oct. 21, 2009
The Northwest Pilots who overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles on Sunday were distracted by using laptops in the cockpit, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The pilots of Northwest Flight 188 told federal investigators that a bathroom break, chatting with a flight attendant in the cockpit and then taking out their laptops to discuss work schedules apparently created distractions that led to more than an hour of radio silence with air-traffic controllers, according to people familiar with the statements, the paper reported.
The pilots reportedly told the National Transportation Safety Board investigators that they had laptops out in the cockpit while they were discussing crew schedules, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The paper said that additional factors also may have contributed to protracted radio silence.
National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Keith Holloway said investigators interviewed the pilot and co-pilot in person in Minneapolis.
Fox News has learned that the NTSB also interviewed three flight attendants on Monday.
Related Stories
* Could Letting Pilots Nap Make Flying Safer?
* Pilot of Plane That Overshot Airport: 'We Were Not Asleep'
* Northwest Plane That Overshot Airport Had Old Black Box, Which May Not Help Solve Mystery
* Fatigue May Be Factor in Plane Overshooting Airport by 150 Miles
Holloway said the NTSB would not comment on the substance of the discussions until Monday at the earliest.
Northwest Airlines is cooperating and doing its own internal investigation, said Chris Kelly, a spokesman for Northwest Airlines' parent company, Delta Air Lines Inc.
Air traffic controllers tried for more than an hour Wednesday night to contact the Minneapolis-bound flight, which later turned around and landed safely. First officer Richard Cole has said he and the captain were not sleeping or arguing in the cockpit, but hasn't explained their lapse in response and the detour. The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site Sunday that the pilots planned to repeat their story to safety investigators during Sunday's interview.
