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Minneapolis airport stories: 11 news summaries
Runaway Plane

FAA Admits Flubs on Wandering Northwest Flight

Miscommunication marked regulator's response to stray airliner

Nov 13, 09 3:29 PM CST
(Newser) - The FAA should have taken more decisive action on the Northwest Airlines flight that fell out of communication with ground control for 77 minutes last month, officials acknowledged today. While the plane was out of contact, air-traffic controllers changed shifts and failed to warn their replacements about the runaway plane.... More »

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FAA • Northwest Airlines • San Diego • runaway • planes • Minneapolis airport • National Transportation Safety Board • Federal Aviation Administration • regulator • Randy Babbitt

runaway plane

Northwest Pilots Were Working on Laptops: NTSB

Captain, first officer deny falling asleep in cockpit

Oct 26, 09 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The pilots of the Northwest flight that wandered 150 miles past its destination were working on their personal laptops in the cockpit, a violation of company policy. The two denied falling asleep and could hear the radio when they fell out of communication with ground personnel, they told NTSB investigators... More »

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Iraq • Northwest Airlines • aviation • air travel • Minneapolis airport • laptop

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Northwest Pilot:
We Weren't Sleeping

But he won't offer more details on why they overshot airport

Oct 24, 09 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the pilots of the infamous Northwest flight that missed the airport says neither he nor his co-pilot were napping. "I can assure you none of us was asleep," says Richard Cole, who gave separate interviews to ABC and the AP. "It was not a serious... More »

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Northwest Airlines • air travel • Minneapolis airport • pilot fatigue • pilots

runaway plane

Cockpit Recorder No Help in Northwest Flight Probe

Device captures just half an hour; record of 78-minute gap lost

Oct 23, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Because the aircraft has an old cockpit voice recorder, the world may never know why the pilots of Northwest Flight 188 lost contact with ground control for 78 minutes. The recorder on the Airbus A320 has a maximum memory of 30 minutes, after which it tapes over itself. So investigators... More »

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Wisconsin • FAA • Northwest Airlines • San Diego • NTSB • Delta • pilot • Minneapolis airport • pilot fatigue • Air National Guard • airlines • F-16 • NORAD

runaway plane

Flight Attendant: 'I Have No Idea' When We're Landing

Investigation continues into errant Northwest flight

Oct 23, 09 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The passengers aboard the Northwest flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles—possibly while the pilots napped—didn't have a clue anything was amiss beyond a nagging sense that the flight was taking a long time. One tells the Star Tribune that he asked about it, and a... More »

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Minneapolis • Northwest Airlines • San Diego • aviation • air travel • Minneapolis airport • pilot fatigue • Air National Guard • pilots

(Newser) - If 9 hours on a grounded puddle-jumper with screaming babies and the scent of overly busy toilets wafting through cramped aisles sounds like your idea of a good time, then Continental Airlines had your ticket to paradise. When storms forced a Minneapolis-bound flight to divert to Rochester, Minn., on Friday,... More »

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Minnesota • airport security • Minneapolis airport • airline delays • Continental Airlines • airline passenger's bill of rights • tarmac • ExpressJet Airlines • Rochester, Minn.

TRAVEL

 Salt Lake Tops 
 Best Airports List 




Jul 25, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some airports just seem to be charmed when it comes to on-time departures. Travel + Leisure ranks the 10 best in America based on percentage of flights delayed:
  1. Salt Lake City: Last year's winner continues its reign, cutting delays by 2% from 2008, to just 12%.
  2. Portland,
... More »

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Washington DC • airline industry • Detroit • San Diego • Salt Lake City • Orlando • airport • Tampa • air travel • Minneapolis airport • Los Angeles International Airport • Portland, Oregon • Reagan National Airport • Boston Phoenix

Craig Won't Appeal to Minn. High Court in Sex Sting

Lawyers say state's top court would likely pass on reviewing former senator's case

Jan 8, 09 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The deadline for appealing his case to the Minnesota Supreme Court passes today, and Larry Craig will not seek a review, Fox affiliate KMSP-TV reports. The former Idaho senator was arrested last year in a Minneapolis airport sex sting, and sought to void his conviction. An appeals court ruled against... More »

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appeal • Minnesota • Larry Craig • Minneapolis airport • Minnesota Supreme Court • sex sting

Craig Pushes
to Withdraw Guilty Plea

Senator skips court hearing, which centers on mail-in document

Sep 10, 08 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Larry Craig's lawyers asked a state appeals court today to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea to disorderly conduct charges. The prosecutor argued that the senator, who did not appear today, waived his right to a trial by using a mail-in form to enter a plea after being busted... More »

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Minneapolis • court • Larry Craig • disorderly conduct • Minneapolis airport • political scandal

4 Men Detail Encounters
With Craig

Mike Jones, who outed  Haggard, says Craig also paid him for sex

Dec 3, 07 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The man who exposed his sexual relationship with evangelist Ted Haggard is now among four men claiming sexual encounters with Larry Craig, the Idaho Statesman reports. Mike Jones, who published a tell-all of his relationship with Haggard, says Craig paid him $200 for sex, while an IT consultant claims... More »

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Denver • Capitol Hill • escort • Larry Craig • Idaho Statesman • Minneapolis airport • Senate Ethics Committee • Mike Jones • Ted Haggard

Senator's John Is New Tourist Hot Spot

Airport  men's room now on must-see list—even for women

Sep 17, 07 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Be careful about tapping your foot in Minneapolis’ latest tourist destination. Travelers passing through the airport are clamoring to see the bathroom made famous by Sen. Larry Craig’s arrest last month in a sex sting. “We had to stop and check out the bathroom,” said one jet-set... More »

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Minneapolis • sex scandal • guilty plea • Larry Craig • Minneapolis airport • scandal

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