Napping on the job isn’t something most folks can get away with, including airline pilots in the United States. But the tale of Northwest Airlines Flight 188, which missed its descent into ...

When Barbara Logan, a Northwest Airlines flight attendant, got on the intercom to the cockpit of Flight 188 on Oct. 21, she wanted to know when the plane was going to land. Already 15 minutes late ...

This article is from the archive of our partner . The pilots of Northwest Flight 188 overshot ("overflew") Minneapolis by more than 150 miles.

WASHINGTON -- The two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles are grounded indefinitely unless the National Transportation Safety Board grants them a ...

Flight 188, an Airbus A320, was flying from San Diego to Minneapolis with 144 passengers and five crew. The pilots dropped out of radio contact with controllers just before 7 p.m. CDT, when they ...

WASHINGTON -- The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis have blamed air traffic controllers in part for the incident, saying controllers violated procedures. Capt. Timothy Cheney, 54 ...

New transcripts from the Northwest Airlines flight that overflew Minneapolis show air traffic controllers asking the crew about what happened, and whether they had enough fuel.

Today's National Transportation Safety Board report on Northwest Flight 188 puts focus on communication problems, the Delta-NWA merger and two pilots who weren't paying attention.

See About archive blog posts. The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles have filed appeals of their license revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board.

The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles have filed appeals of their license revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board. The appeals were filed late ...

(Updated: FAA just yanked the pilots' licenses. Zero surprise there.) There are some serious skeptics out there who think the Northwest Airlines pilots are lying about not sleeping in the cockpit ...