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Cockpit distractions go beyond laptops
The laptops that triggered two Northwest Airlines pilots to fly 91 minutes without talking to the ground may be relatively new technology, but...
USA TODAY, 10/30/09 by Alan Levin · More from publication -
Two distracted pilots lose licenses
The federal government on Tuesday revoked the licenses of two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew their jet hundreds of miles over the center of the...
USA TODAY, 10/28/09 by Alan Levin · More from publication -
Experts critique radio system
The odyssey of an airliner that flew hundreds of miles while out of radio communication highlights the weaknesses of the nation's outdated...
USA TODAY, 10/28/09 by Alan Levin · More from publication -
'Distraction' led pilots to fly too far
Two Northwest Airlines pilots used laptop computers in the cockpit and didn't pay attention to their duties as they flew past their Minneapolis...
USA TODAY, 10/27/09 by Alan Levin · More from publication -
Jet flies 150 miles past destination
Pilots of a Northwest Airlines flight ignored radio calls and flew more than 150 miles past their destination as the military prepared to scramble...
USA TODAY, 10/23/09 by Alan Levin · More from publication -
NTSB faults pilots, FAA in charter plane crash
WASHINGTON -- A fatal 2007 plane crash might have been averted if federal inspectors had noticed that the charter airline allowed a convicted drug...
USA TODAY, 10/15/09 by Alan Levin · More from publication -
Advanced air-traffic system debuts
Airline flights are being closely tracked and directed without radar for the first time in the nation's history as part of a new system monitoring...
USA TODAY, 10/12/09 by Alan Levin · More from publication -
Airports see far fewer near-crashes on runways
WASHINGTON -- Serious near-collisions between planes on the nation's runways plummeted last year in the most significant drop in a decade, the...
USA TODAY, 10/09/09 by Alan Levin · More from publication -
Cockpit chit-chat cited in 6 crashes
Airline pilots regularly violate federal law by chit-chatting or joking during critical phases of flight -- the kind of distractions that may have...
USA TODAY, 10/01/09 by Alan Levin · More from publication -
Transit systems urged to address glitches
WASHINGTON -- Mass transit systems around the country could suffer from the same electrical flaw that sent a subway train hurtling into another...
USA TODAY, 09/23/09 by Alan Levin · More from publication
