Pilots miss airport...

[CosmicCowboy]

http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/200910/29773.php

Aviation authorities have launched an investigation in the US after a pilot overshot his destination by 150 miles and had to turn back.

An alert was sparked when a Northwest Airlines flight from San Diego to Minneapolis lost radio contact with air-traffic controllers for more than an hour.

The Airbus A320, with 144 passengers on board, was 150 miles off course by the time the pilots realised the error, re-established communications and requested permission to turn around.

By this time, the US military had been alerted and had put fighter jets on stand-by, reports Sky News.

The pilots reportedly told the Federal Aviation Administration that they lost track of where they were during a "heated discussion" over airline policy.

However, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has said that it will investigate the possibility that the pilots fell asleep on the job.

Delta Airlines, which owns Northwest, has suspended the two pilots while the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder are being analysed.

However, the airline has refused to give any further information on either the pilots or events during the flight.

In January 2008 a Go! Airlines flight in Hawaii passed its destination when two pilots fell asleep in the cockpit for at least 18 minutes. They were eventually roused by controllers and landed the plane safely.

[JudynTX]

I bet ya, they were asleep. :wow

[Soul_Patch]

Lol...Yesterday coming in from Atlanta, our pilot nearly broke the damn axels off the plane with his landing...i think we went from 20ft off the runway to on the runway in less than a second...

[mrsmaalox]

It's weird. Losing contact for over an hour but just being off by 150 miles doesn't make sense to me. It's also odd that the flight attendants, who I believed kept informed about flight durations, didn't intervene. Strange.

[Trainwreck2100]

its either aliens or the chinese

[Heath Ledger]

They were up in the "cock" pit getting their mile high club on.

[Sportcamper]

What makes me laugh is that it is only about an hour & half flight from San Diego to Minneapolis….How hammered were these two guys that they fell asleep 20 minutes after take off…:lol

[Wild Cobra]

That's funny.

But keep in mind, it only takes about 20 minutes for that mistake to happen. I don't buy both pilots sleeping on a short flight, but I can believe the arguing, and losing track of time and the surroundings.

Either way, one or both need a pink slip.

[chode_regulator]

It's weird. Losing contact for over an hour but just being off by 150 miles doesn't make sense to me. It's also odd that the flight attendants, who I believed kept informed about flight durations, didn't intervene. Strange.

meh. the part about the flight attendants is a good point but they may have just assumed they were holding or something.
the reason, i think, they were 'only' 150 miles off after an hour is because they didn't go out of radio contact right at MSP, it was a total duration of 1.5 hours and by the time they got around to waking up/answering the radio they were 150 past MSP.

[chode_regulator]

What makes me laugh is that it is only about an hour & half flight from San Diego to Minneapolis….How hammered were these two guys that they fell asleep 20 minutes after take off…:lol

So you think that an airliner travels faster than the speed of sound....
excuse me a moment


:lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao A direct route is over 1300 miles. Unless they were flying at 800 knots that is impossible. And it's also impossible for an airliner to travel 800 knots.
:lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

NWA website claims a flight time of 3.5 hrs.

[mrsmaalox]

meh. the part about the flight attendants is a good point but they may have just assumed they were holding or something.
the reason, i think, they were 'only' 150 miles off after an hour is because they didn't go out of radio contact right at MSP, it was a total duration of 1.5 hours and by the time they got around to waking up/answering the radio they were 150 past MSP.

Wow, thanks for the info :tu

[chode_regulator]

Wow, thanks for the info :tu

No prob.
Nothing else from SC or WC? :downspin:

Latest news I heard was the pilots were NOT asleep per the CVR. Also again, not a "short flight" as SC claims. in fact, at this hour and the amount of booze I've entertained, that makes me laugh all over again just as hard. :lol :downspin: :lmao :blah :rollin :hat :wow :king :rolleyes

Also even if they were, I would be willing to bet that NO ONE on this site has any idea what the life of the avg airline pilot is like.

[exstatic]

In one week, this NWA(now Delta) crew overshoots an airport, and a different Delta crew lands on the fucking TAXIWAY at Atlanta Hartsfield. WTF? I need a new frequent flyer airline.

[chode_regulator]

In one week, this NWA(now Delta) crew overshoots an airport, and a different Delta crew lands on the fucking TAXIWAY at Atlanta Hartsfield. WTF? I need a new frequent flyer airline.

Strangely enough it seems to not be getting as much attention. They did have a medical emergency but that still doesn't explain why they landed on the twy. Seems to be fewer details as well.

[BlackSwordsMan]

skynet just practicing on an airliner soon you'll start to see ships going to the wrong ports, supplies not going to the right locations

[AussieFanKurt]

haha i heard about this, what imbeciles

[mouse]

By this time, the US military had been alerted and had put fighter jets on stand-by, reports Sky News.


Where was this "US Military" when it counted?



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[mouse]

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