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Mystery deepens over what distracted pilots on plane that overshot by 150 miles
Telegraph ^ | 10/24/09 | Philip Sherwell

Posted on 10/25/2009 9:59:16 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

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To: leapfrog0202

Now they are denying that.

So I was wondering how they are explaining this now.


21 posted on 10/25/2009 10:12:02 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: nmh

don’t rule out involvement by the religion of peace (tm)...


22 posted on 10/25/2009 10:12:05 AM PDT by Libertarian4Bush (if you voted for obama, I have no respect for you. you're either a loser or a sucker. sorry!)
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To: rickomatic

Yeah, my money is on something sex-related.


23 posted on 10/25/2009 10:12:38 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

24 posted on 10/25/2009 10:14:35 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Usual bad reporting! Does anybody say anything about complaints on the late touchdown - such as passengers and other grew members? SOMEBODY must have looked out the window and said, “Wasn’t that Minn-St. Paul we just passed?” Or, “Were we supposed to land 20 mins ago?”


25 posted on 10/25/2009 10:15:05 AM PDT by Ex-Democrat Dean
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To: TigerLikesRooster

The AlQada Langoliers have claimed responsibility.


26 posted on 10/25/2009 10:15:47 AM PDT by RGSpincich
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To: rickomatic

i was thinking the same. thats why the radio was off.


27 posted on 10/25/2009 10:16:15 AM PDT by wiggen (Never in the history of our great country have the people had less representation than they do today)
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28 posted on 10/25/2009 10:16:20 AM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Well, they may be playing poker.:-)

Whatever these two were doing, hopefully they'll be able to do it full-time from now on. Neither should ever be permitted to pilot a plane again.
29 posted on 10/25/2009 10:17:03 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: TigerLikesRooster

texting while flying?

as the recorder won’t show it, it’ll be just their word on it. therefore... i’d bet sex related


30 posted on 10/25/2009 10:17:31 AM PDT by sten
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To: PGR88
Out of contact for an hour, but only flew 150 mph past the airport? Jets travel at 600 mph.

They were out of contact before they got to the airport.

31 posted on 10/25/2009 10:17:52 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Good luck....we’re all counting on you.


32 posted on 10/25/2009 10:18:16 AM PDT by GOPyouth (Obama doesn't support it, except when he does.)
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To: Libertarian4Bush
Everything is on the table...

What we should be aware of is that MANY people were not paying attention...and no one was doing anything. A disaster waiting to happen.

All those passengers and no one noticed "THE TIME" or a landmark???

33 posted on 10/25/2009 10:19:25 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Otto says, “I never get horny. You can depend on me.”
34 posted on 10/25/2009 10:21:38 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
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To: lefty-lie-spy

Sex...An hour??? Must have bought her dinner first!!


35 posted on 10/25/2009 10:21:38 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: lefty-lie-spy

The Mile High Club. Bingo... and flight attendants were where?

Where are the FA’s statements, unless they were in on it.

http://www.milehighclub.com/


36 posted on 10/25/2009 10:22:36 AM PDT by nagdt ("speak the truth but leave immediately afterward")
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Thank goodness no one had the fish.


37 posted on 10/25/2009 10:22:42 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

OMG!

You’re bad!

lol!


38 posted on 10/25/2009 10:24:01 AM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: Paul46360

My considered opinion is that they (the pilots) miss-entered the destination and route number (enroute waypoints associated with this flight p[lan) in their flight management computer (FMC) and thought they were flying to a different airport. Typically, this is a joint checklist item for both pilots to confirm destination and route of flight and proper FMC entry.)

To complicate the matter, I think they missed a radio change and didn’t respond very quickly to the silence on freq. Ergo, no prompts from ATC. Bad combination of errors.

Once they were back in radio contact, they were informed of their deviation and then had to do an enroute change of destination and a re-entry of waypoints in their FMC to return to MSP. That takes a little bit of time, as it isn’t a task that is done very often. It’s only performed during reroutes and/or and diverts, which are actually pretty rare.

I think this is the only plausible explanation. If the pilot flies past his “clearance-limit” ( as in the destination entered in the FMC) and the aircraft is on autopilot, the autopilot will disengage. This would be accompanied by aural warnings and flashing lights. It would have been the attention-getter that these guys didn’t get.

IMHO.


39 posted on 10/25/2009 10:24:19 AM PDT by downtownconservative (As Obama lies, liberty dies!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

What was happening in the control tower?


40 posted on 10/25/2009 10:24:26 AM PDT by LucyT
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