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The Safety Board is scheduling an interview with the crew. The crew stated they were in a heated discussion over airline policy and they lost situational awareness.
The MSP center controller reestablished communications with the crew at 8:14 pm and reportedly stated that the crew had become distracted and had overflown MSP, and requested to return to MSP.Īccording to the Federal Administration (FAA) the crew was interviewed by the FBI and airport police. The flight was operating as a Part 121 flight from San Diego International Airport, San Diego, California (SAN) to MSP with 147 passengers and unknown number of crew.Īt 7:58 pm central daylight time (CDT), the aircraft flew over the destination airport and continued northeast for approximately 150 miles. On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at 5:56 pm 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 National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an incident where an Airbus A320 overflew the Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport (MSP). NTSB INVESTIGATING FLIGHT THAT OVERFLEW INTENDED MINNEAPOLIS AIRPORT () NTSB Asks if Northwest Pilots Nodded Off Before Landing - WSJ.com () But based on preliminary indications, industry and government officials believe the crew may have briefly fallen asleep, flown past the airport, and then circled back to land. Details are still emerging and the safety board is expected to release some information later Thursday. The plane was en route from San Diego to Minneapolis.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident as a possible case of pilots nodding off at the controls, according to government and industry officials familiar with the matter.Ĭontrollers were able to re-establish contact with the Airbus A320, these people said, and the plane eventually landed safely without injuries. Pilots of a Northwest Airlines flight approaching Minneapolis International Airport Wednesday night temporarily lost radio contact with air-traffic controllers and apparently overshot their destination by about 100 miles. On the Wall Street Journal home page as breaking news.