Northwest Airlines News

Last week I wrote of the two pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 20 minutes or so.

Back on Oct. 26, a Northwest Airlines flight flew over its intended landing spot in Minneapolis by 150 miles before the pilots recognized the error and turned around.

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The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles have prompted the Obama administration to broaden its look at distracted driving to include distracted flying, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday.

North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan will propose a measure to ban the use of laptop computers and other "personal electronic devices" in airliner cockpits in response to the distraction of two Northwest Airlines pilots last month that they say led to their missing their destination of Minneapolis.

If your most recent flight felt crowded, it was. Most domestic airlines reported that the load factor - the percentage of seats filled - topped 80 percent for the third quarter as carriers cut flights out of their schedules.

Share + Nov 4, 2009 5:57 pm US/Mountain LONGMONT, Colo. 1 of 1 Two Northwest Airlines pilots have lost their licenses due to their behavior during a flight in which they overshot their destination by 150 miles.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday determined that there was ample time and distance between a pair of passenger jetliners that came within 80 feet of each other during a runway incursion reported last week at Los Angeles International Airport.

Delta Air Lines plans to add new nonstop service from Detroit Metro Airport to Hong Kong and Seoul, South Korea, making good on its promise to transform its second-largest hub into a gateway to Asia.

The union for Northwest Airlines flight attendants withdrew its request for a union vote, opting to wait for potential new rules that could make it easier to organize workers at the combined Delta Air Lines.

Workers at U.S. airlines and railroads would have an easier time forming unions under a rule proposed by the National Mediation Board.

Visalia police officer Jon Pree graduated from the school of hard knocks, except his was on two wheels, traveled on high-speed slalom runs.

The nation's top aviation official says the Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis are part of a larger problem of professionalism among commercial airline pilots.

NEW YORK - Organized labor appears to be gaining the upper hand in the skies and on rails, as labor and business battle for influence under the Obama administration.

Within hours after the NTSB interviewed the pilots of Northwest Airlines Flight 188, the world knew they had used laptop computers in the cockpit of their aircraft.

The Association of Flight Attendants union withdrew its application for an election at Delta Air Lines, saying it wants to wait for a proposed rule change that would make it easier for the union to win.

A pair of Continental Airlines 737's park at the terminal while another jet lands at Houston's Bush International Airport.

The domestic airline sector had been the subject of low-flying buzz. But consumer perception took a turn for the worse when Northwest Airlines Flight 188 missed its destination due to pilots who had their heads in the clouds.

Lawmakers are moving to ban the use of computer laptops and other personal electronic devices in airline cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles.

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Thursday that would transform the insurance market, create a government-run insurance plan and levy new taxes on the rich.