Thank you for posting this information, Plane150. Would you happen to have the source of that information handy? I'd like to pass it along, and it seems to be on several sites, but I can't find an official source.
This is all I can find on the
NTSB website at this time:
On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at 1756 mountain daylight time, an Airbus A320, N03274, operating as Northwest Airlines (NWA) flight 188, became a NORDO (no radio communications) flight at 37,000 feet. The flight was operating as a 14 Code of Federal Air Regulation Part 121 flight from San Diego, California (SAN) to the Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport (MSP) with 147 passengers unknown number of crew.
At 1958 central daylight time, the aircraft flew over the destination airport and continued northeast for approximately 150 miles. The MSP center controller reestablished communications at 2014 CDT and the pilot stated "we got distracted and we've overflown MSP. We are overhead Eau Clare, WI (EAU) and would like to make a 180 [degree turn] and do an arrival from over EAU." At 2019, the controller asked the pilot to explain the cause of the situation to which the pilot replied, "just cockpit distraction, that's all I can tell you."
After landing, the crew was interviewed by the FBI and airport police and the crew stated they were in a heated discussion over airline policy and they lost situational awareness.