10-26-2009, 01:00 PM
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Admiral
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: East coast
Posts: 7,116
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Fox has the scoop on this:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,...est=latestnews
Quote:
Report: Pilots Were Distracted by Using Laptops in Cockpit
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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