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7 hrs ago | The Victoria Star

Wayward pilots surprised they missed destination

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.

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15 hrs ago | WWMT-TV Kalamazoo

Plane makes emergency landing in Grand Rapids

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.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro, Grand Rapids, MI, Northwest Airlines, Transportation, Airlines

Tue Dec 15, 2009

ABC News

Delta: Case Could Be Made for More Airline Mergers

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 ...

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Travel

KARE 11 TV

NTSB to release material from overshot flight

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.

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Related Topix: Minneapolis Metro, Northwest Airlines, Transportation, Airlines

Sun Dec 13, 2009

Aero-News Network

Flight 188 Pilots Say ATC Partly At Fault For Overshoot Incident

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.

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Related Topix: Northwest Airlines, Transportation, Airlines

Fri Dec 11, 2009

Examiner.com

Might this be the REAL reason that NW 188 overshot the Twin Cities?

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 ...

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Related Topix: Denver Metro, Transportation, Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Canada, US News, Federal Aviation Administration

Thu Dec 10, 2009

Denver - News, Events, Restaurants, M...

Which Canadian artists caused Northwest pilots to zone out for half a continent?

"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.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Pop/Rock, Alanis Morissette

Tue Dec 08, 2009

MSNBC

Airlinesa on-time performance falters in October

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

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Related Topix: Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Transportation, Northwest Airlines, 9

Mon Dec 07, 2009

Workday Minnesota

Airline unions call for fair election rules

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.

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Related Topix: St. Paul, MN, Transportation, Airlines, Northwest Airlines, US Politics, US News, Representative Keith Ellison, US House of Representatives, Democrat

CentralValley.com

Woman sues Northwest Airlines over knee injury

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

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Related Topix: Northwest Airlines, Transportation, Airlines

MSNBC

Northwest pilots blame air traffic controllers

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

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Northwest Airlines, US News, Federal Aviation Administration

Sun Dec 06, 2009

Ann Arbor News

Northwest Airlines jet with 47 passengers lands safely after wing flaps fail

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

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Northwest Airlines

Fri Dec 04, 2009

TwinCities.com

Regional Report / Delta rejects election request from attendants' union

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.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines

Thu Dec 03, 2009

Star Tribune

Delta's merger savings exceed estimates

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.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Star Tribune

Audio: Cockpit transcript: NWA pilots request '180' because they overflew Minneapolis

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.

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Related Topix: Minneapolis, MN, Northwest Airlines, Transportation, Airlines

Sun Nov 29, 2009

Matt's Today in History

Dan Cooper Gets Away, November 24, 1971

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.

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Related Topix: Seattle Metro, Transportation, Airlines, Northwest Airlines

Tripso.com

What really happened on Northwest Airlines Flight 188?

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

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Northwest Airlines, US News, Federal Aviation Administration

Fri Nov 27, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

FAA transcripts show efforts to reach flight 188

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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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation, Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Minneapolis/St Paul City Business

Delta inks extension with catering group

Delta Air Lines has inked a new extension with food vendor gategroup. View Larger Delta Air Lines Inc.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Food, Northwest Airlines, Fort Lauderdale Metro, Miami Metro

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Detroit News

N'West prepares for WiFi takeoff

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

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Related Topix: Northwest Airlines, Transportation, Airlines, Delta Air Lines

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