Old 10-22-2009, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by MatthewAMEL View Post
Well, there's another explanation....

Northwest pilots slumber; miss landing strip: WSJ
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Pilots of a Northwest Airlines flight to Minneapolis from San Diego were being investigated Thursday for allegedly falling asleep and overshooting their destination by about 100 miles. No one was injured during the incident, which occurred Wednesday night, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed government and industry officials. Pilots on the Airbus A320 briefly lost radio contact with air-traffic controllers before turning the plane around and landing, the newspaper said. The incident comes as the Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing its decades-old rules on how long commercial pilots can fly and remain on duty, the Journal said. Northwest is a unit of Delta Air Lines (DAL 8.55, +0.22, +2.64%) .
One hour isn't exactly brief when your doing 450 kts.
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