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Whoops! QUOTE 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. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident as a possible case of pilots nodding off at the controls, according to ...

Actually, this is a retirement flight for the 747-200 (after ~40 years of service). It has nothing to do with 40 year employees. Anyone can ride on it as long as they pony up $40.00 to do so. By the way, NW used to have special passes for employees who hit 40 years, but those went away with the merger....

there is a NWA 757 at my city and from what i was told it made an emergency landing at ABE yesterday due to low oil pressure. The mechanics, if you call them that, just started "to try to fix" it at around 630pm tonight. -------------------- [color=#3333FF]SCABS: DESTINED TO FAIL IN THE MAJORS

Whoops! QUOTE 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. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident as a possible case of pilots nodding off at the controls, according to ...