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10/23/2009
Northwest Flight Overshoots Airport by 150 Miles
A Northwest Airlines flight from San Diego to Minneapolis overshot its destination by 150 miles Wednesday and failed to make radio contact with an air traffic controller for 75 minutes. Fighter jets were readied, federal officials stormed the plane upon landing, and the pilots said they missed Minneapolis because "they were having a heated argument about work."
Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...
Posted 1:16 PM EST by Andy Towle in News, Transportation | Permalink
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They were totally doing it, weren't they?
Posted by: Singleson | Oct 23, 2009 1:50:34 PM
more like having sex in the cockpit and turning the radio off.
how the hell can they be fighting for an hour?
Posted by: johnosahon | Oct 23, 2009 1:51:40 PM
Oopsie!
Posted by: Beef and Fur | Oct 23, 2009 1:54:24 PM
All I have to say to the pilots is -
"Lolumad Unibrow"
Posted by: gayalltheway | Oct 23, 2009 1:56:08 PM
Where was Pam Ann during all of this??!!
Posted by: wyskip | Oct 23, 2009 2:09:11 PM
What a crock! I can only think they fell asleep..but I guess the cockpit voice recorder will tell all.
Posted by: MrAiredale | Oct 23, 2009 3:48:30 PM
Their story is nonsense. They fell asleep. It will be interesting to see what the work/sleep ratio was for these 2 in the preceeding 36 hours.
Posted by: Bill in SoCal | Oct 23, 2009 5:06:40 PM
I want to know whether the passengers got extra miles credited to their accounts for the, well, extra miles they traveled.
Posted by: tjc | Oct 23, 2009 5:21:41 PM
Here's how it happened!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtKui7Y_rkc
Posted by: Anonymous | Oct 25, 2009 1:54:15 PM
That's a good way to be compensated TJC! I wouldn't mind that. And I think they fell asleep. Seriously, pilots need some down time and beauty rest: http://www.newsy.com/videos/mid_air_mistake_sparks_debate_on_pilot_naps. Why can't they take turns to sleep?
Posted by: metakid | Oct 26, 2009 10:57:40 AM