Feeds
The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles are appealing their license revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board.
The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis are part of a larger problem — eroding professionalism among commercial airline pilots, Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Randy Babbitt said Wednesday.
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.
A Northwest Airlines flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas has landed safely after hitting a flock of pigeons shortly after takeoff. No one was hurt.
The U.S. military would have launched fighter jets to track down an errant Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport if officials had been notified sooner, a top commander said Thursday as federal authorities defended the decision to revoke the licenses of the pilots involved.
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.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew past their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles.
Federal regulators have revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew past their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles last week.
Federal investigators declined to seize and review the laptop computers that distracted two Northwest Airlines pilots so much that they didn't notice it was time to land their plane, and instead flew 150 miles past their destination.
Two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew 150 miles past their destination because they were focused on laptop computers instead of cockpit displays may have opened a new avenue of concern for safety regulators — distracting personal electronic devices on the flight deck.
There was concern at the White House about that wayward Northwest Airlines jet that flew past its scheduled destination in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis airport police say controllers tried to contact the pilots of a wayward Northwest Airlines jetliner by radio, data message and cell phone after it failed to land as scheduled.
Federal investigators interviewed the crew of the Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles on Sunday.
Leave it to unions to ruffle Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson's feathers. During Thursday's third-quarter earnings conference call with analysts and reporters, he had strong words for the labor groups that have yet to resolve representation and seniority issues following Delta's acquisition of Northwest Airlines. He also had a subtle jab for the National Mediation Board.
Delta Air Lines Inc. has completed the integration of its frequent flier program with that of its subsidiary, Northwest Airlines, Chief Executive Richard Anderson said Thursday.
Delta Air Lines Inc. wants to give itself some more breathing room to deal with $904 million in debt that would come due after it receives a single operating certificate to fully integrate Northwest Airlines into its fold.
One of the biggest unions at Northwest Airlines is seeking an election that will decide whether it stays or goes as the carrier is swallowed by Delta Air Lines Inc.
The discovery of faulty airspeed sensors on some Northwest Airlines jets suggests the equipment problems are more widespread than previously believed and could provide clues to the cause of the Air France crash that killed 228 people in June.
A suspected bird strike shortly after takeoff forced a Northwest Airlines flight to make an emergency landing Sunday at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, officials said. No one was injured.
A flight attendant and a passenger were injured aboard a Northwest Airlines plane when it hit turbulence during a flight from Knoxville, Tenn., to Detroit Tuesday, an airline spokesman said.
A Northwest Airlines jet blew five tires as it landed at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, closing a runway for a few hours.
The union that represents flight attendants who worked for Northwest Airlines before it was bought by Delta Air Lines is crying foul over Delta's failure to offer bigger sizes for its signature red dress uniform designed by Richard Tyler.
San Francisco International Airport officials say a Northwest Airlines jet carrying 194 passengers suffered an engine problem after takeoff, forcing it to return to the airport.
Delta Air Lines Inc. will shave additional capacity later this year as it warns that more than $6 billion in benefits it expected from lower fuel prices, its merger with Northwest Airlines and previous capacity reductions will be overtaken by declining revenues.
A spokeswoman says a Northwest Airlines plane has made an emergency landing in Iowa after crew members smelled smoke during a flight from Detroit to Los Angeles.
Flying while distracted? Northwest pilots say they used laptops. The pilots on last week's wayward Northwest Airlines flight have given their official story: They were looking at laptop computers and discussing their employer's work-schedule system.
Wayward Pilots Were Working on Their LaptopsWASHINGTON (AP) -- Two Northwest Airlines pilots have told federal investigators that they were going over schedules using their laptop computers in violation of company policy while their plane overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles, the National Transportation Safe …
Pilots Say Laptops Contributed to Distraction - WSJ.comThe pilots of Northwest Flight 188 have told federal investigators that a bathroom break, chatting with a flight attendant in the cockpit and then taking out their laptops to discuss work schedules created distractions that led to more than an hour of radio silence with air-traff …
Co-pilot: No sleeping or arguing in cockpit - CNN.comThe co-pilot of a Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis, Minnesota, airport by 150 miles says he and the pilot weren't asleep and they weren't arguing.
It was a blustery night in Seattle when a man known only to the FBI as 'Dan Cooper' jumped from the rear ramp of a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 jet with $200,000 in cash and vanished.
Tokyo flight turbulence hurts 30About 30 people were injured after a passenger jet was hit by severe turbulence as it neared the end of a flight from Manila to Tokyo. At least two passengers on the Northwest Airlines jet were seriously injured, officials say.
Hey, What Are You Trying To Do? Poison Us? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 3 million Americans are allergic to peanuts or tree nuts, while nearly 7 million are allergic to seafood. Combined, food allergies cause 30,000 cases of anaphylaxis, 2,000 hospitalizations and 150 deaths annually.
Economic Challenges Create Opportunity to Reevaluate and RebuildThe financial woes facing Minnesota are the same financial woes facing the country as a whole.
American to Charge $15 for First Checked Bag, Other Airlines Could FollowAmerican said Wednesday that the fee for the first checked bag starts June 15, and it will raise other fees for services ranging from reservation help to oversized bags. Those fees could cost between $5 to $50.
MinnPost - NWA-Delta merger means a triple whammy for stateWith formal news of a planned merger between Northwest and Delta airlines maybe hours away, Minnesota is bracing for a potential triple whammy: • Reduced competition, leading to higher airfares. • Poorer customer service from the merged airline. • Lost jobs.
United stands ready to merge - Continental deal hinges on Delta, Northwest unionUnited Airlines is in advanced negotiations to combine with Houston-based Continental Airlines and is poised to quickly seal a deal if Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines merge, a person close to the airlines said Thursday.
During the Thanksgiving travel period US-based airlines are expecting to carry up to 27 million passengers worldwide in a 12 day period between 16th November and 28th November.
Delta's CEO hints at airline dealThe chief executive of Delta Air Lines said Tuesday that the carrier wants to be the "undisputed leader" in the industry and that a deal with another airline may be in its best interest.
America's Worst AirlinesAs air travelers' summer of hell draws to a close, stories of canceled flights, lost luggage and late arrivals abound. But while it might seem that the whole system is a mess, which carriers are actually the biggest culprits?
The world's busiest airport will now add China to the list of destinations with direct service.
The World Airline ReportWith no major carriers in bankruptcy, the world airline industry has achieved a level of stability and profitability. 2008 prospects look bright.
Demonstrating Leadership and Innovation: Bombardier Aerospace Presents Impressive Range of Aircraft at Paris International Air Show Demonstrating Leadership and Innovation: Bombardier Aerospace Presents Impressive Range of Aircraft at Paris International Air Show
Flight canceled after pilot's foul languageFlight canceled after pilot's foul language ....Northwest Airlines canceled a flight set to leave from Las Vegas to Detroit after the captain cursed on a cell phone in a bathroom, then swore at one of the 180 passengers on the plane... "He used what was described to me as …
Theater of the Absurd at the T.S.A.FOR theater on a grand scale, you can't do better than the audience-participation dramas performed at airports, under the direction of the Transportation Security Administration.
After 15 months, Northwest Airlines reaches a deal with it's mechanicsOn a landslide vote, striking mechanics at Northwest Airlines voted today to end their 15-month old strike and accept a deal negotiated last month. The vote was 1,511 to 583 in favor of approving the deal, which amounts to 72 percent of those voting ratifying the deal.
Online Community forces Congressmen to rescind CommentsThe maker of a program that made fake boarding passes in order to push a huge vulnerability that the TSA has ignored for 3 years, has been visited by the FBI and had his home raided and ransacked while he was away.
The Battle Between Flight Attendant Union and NWA ContinuesThe Assocication of Flight Attendants website for Northwest Airlines flight attendants tops their banner with CHAOS code word: Resolve.
Airline Suggests Dumpster Diving For Canned Workers - August 21, 2006AUGUST 21--In a remarkable bit of corporate insensitivity, Northwest Airlines brass gave workers it is laying off a booklet offering "101 Ways To Save Money," including "don't be shy about pulling something you like out of the trash" and "ask your doctor for samples of prescript …
Airline workers told to go Dumpster divingBankrupt Northwest Airlines advised workers to fish in the trash for things they like or take their dates for a walk in the woods in a move to help workers facing the ax to save money.
Log In | Register
