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A call from a flight attendant to the pilots of the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis catapulted the cockpit crew from complacency to confusion.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Pilots on a Northwest Airlines flight were forced to make an emergency landing at the Gerald R. Ford Airport in Grand Rapids on Wednesday night.

FILE - In this April 14, 2008 file photo, Delta Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson, right, and... FILE - In this April 14, 2008 file photo, Delta Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson, right, and Northwest Chief Executive Officer Douglas Steenland, left, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Government investigators are preparing to release cockpit voice data and other details from their probe of a Northwest Airlines flight that flew past its destination.

The two pilots who flew a Northwest Airlines jet about 150 miles beyond its intended destination say ATC bears at least part of the responsibility for the incident.

The CBS television affiliate in Denver, Colorado, KCNC reported today that it "has learned the pilots of Northwest Airlines flight 188 were first in touch with Canadian air traffic controllers after losing radio contact for more than an hour raising the possibility their cockpit radio had been tuned into the wrong frequency". After controllers in ...

"I'm in the mood for a little Canuck rock. How 'bout you?" Back in October, the pilots of a Northwest Airlines flight lost radio contact over Denver, and didn't get back in touch until they'd overshot their destination, Minneapolis, by 150 miles.

U.S. airlines did a poorer job getting passengers to their destinations on-time in October compared to the same month a year ago.

Transportation workers deserve the same rights as everyone else when it comes to voting on union representation, leaders of the Flight Attendants and Machinists said Monday at the state Capitol.

Kathy Kuhn didn't hit the jackpot in Las Vegas. She claims the plane ride from Detroit wasn't a winner, either.

Oct. 22: Federal officials say a Northwest Airlines jet overflew the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles before crew members discovered their mistake.

A Northwest Airlines regional jet with unresponsive wing flaps landed safely this morning at Gerald R. Ford International Airport.

Delta Air Lines, the Atlanta-based parent of Northwest Airlines, declined a request from flight attendants for an immediate union representation election under proposed new rules that could make it easier for airline workers to unionize.

Delta Air Lines will achieve $200 million more in savings this year from its merger with Twin Cities-based Northwest Airlines than initially planned, Delta Chief Financial Officer Hank Halter said Wednesday.

In this audio transcript, Northwest Airlines pilots tell air traffic controllers that they were distracted because they were dealing with 'company issues' and they assure the tower that the cockpit is secure.

Listen here Today in 1971, Northwest Airlines flight 305 began a scheduled run between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington, an easy flight by airline standards.

On Friday the transcripts from the FAA and an email from a friend of the pilot were both released and published.

Air traffic controllers asked the Northwest Airlines pilots who overflew Minneapolis repeatedly about what had happened on the plane, according to transcripts released Friday by the Federal Aviation Administration.

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The move to add in-flight WiFi access to Northwest's fleet by June comes as Delta Air Lines Inc.