Somn la mansa avionului

Titlu: Somn la mansa avionului
Sursa: http://www.evz.ro/articole/detalii-articol/872878/Somn-la-mansa-avionului/
Autor: Oana Ţepeş Greuruş
Data: 23/10/2009

Citat :

Piloţii unui aeronave au pierdut legătura cu turnul de control şi s-au cam rătăcit în zbor după ce se presupune că au adormit la manşa avionului. Airbus-ul A320 cu 144 de pasageri la bord, ce aparţine companiei Delta Airlines, decolase din San Diego spre Minneapolis.


Cei doi piloţi au pierdut contactul cu turnul de control mai bine de oră. Purtau o discuţie aprinsă despre politica internă a companiei aeriene şi-au pierdut din ochi aparatele de bord, îşi justifică ei neatenţia

Daca n-ar fi aproape de plans, stirea asta s-ar fi potrivit mai mult cu topicul "umor aviatic" ...

Mda... intr-o ora erau demult flancati de F-18.

Ce-o fi vrand sa zica domnisoara Greurus prin "s-au cam ratacit in zbor"?

Sansele sa adoarma ambii piloti sunt destul de mici.

NTSB Advisory states:

Citat :

NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
October 22, 2009

NTSB INVESTIGATING FLIGHT THAT OVERFLEW INTENDED MINNEAPOLIS AIRPORT

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an incident where an Airbus A320 overflew the Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport (MSP).

On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at 5:56 pm mountain daylight time, an Airbus A320, N03274, operating as Northwest Airlines (NWA) flight 188, became a NORDO (no radio communications) flight at 37,000 feet. The flight was operating as a Part 121 flight from San Diego International Airport, San Diego, California (SAN) to MSP with 147 passengers and unknown number of crew.

At 7:58 pm central daylight time (CDT), the aircraft flew over the destination airport and continued northeast for approximately 150 miles. The MSP center controller reestablished communications with the crew at 8:14 pm and reportedly stated that the crew had become distracted and had overflown MSP, and requested to return to MSP.

According to the Federal Administration (FAA) the crew was interviewed by the FBI and airport police. The crew stated they were in a heated discussion over airline policy and they lost situational awareness. The Safety Board is scheduling an interview with the crew.

The cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) have been secured and are being sent to the NTSB laboratory in Washington, DC.

David Lawrence, the Investigator-in-Charge, is leading the team of 3 in investigating the incident.

Parties to the investigation are the FAA and Northwest Airlines.

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NTSB Media Contact: Keith Holloway

Harta cu zborul respectiv:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NWA188/history/20091021/2135Z/KSAN/KMSP



Mai multe informatii:
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/unusual-attitude/2009/10/deltanorthwest-incident---bust.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125623517851801783.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLESecondNews

Până la urmă n-a fost vorba de somn (nu că somnul la manşă ar fi ceva nemaivăzut până acum):

Titlu: Wayward pilots were working on their laptops
Sursa: Yahoo! News
Autor: Joan Lowy
Data: 26/10/2009

Citat :

The pilots — Richard Cole of Salem, Ore., the first officer, and Timothy Cheney of Gig Harbor, Wash., the captain — said in interviews conducted over the weekend that they were not fatigued and didn't fall asleep, the board said in a statement.

Instead, Cole and Cheney told investigators that they both had their laptops out while the first officer, who had more experience with scheduling, instructed the captain on monthly flight crew scheduling. The pilots were out of communication with air traffic controllers and their airline for more than an hour and didn't realize their mistake until contacted by a flight attendant, the board said.

Edi

Şi deznodământul (aşteptat) al evenimentului:

Titlu: FAA revokes licenses of wayward Northwest pilots
Sursa: Yahoo! News
Autor: Joan Lowy
Data: 27/10/2009

Citat :

The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles.

The pilots - Timothy Cheney of Gig Harbor, Wash., the captain, and Richard Cole of Salem, Ore., the first officer - told safety investigators they were working on their personal laptop computers and lost track of time and place. [...]

"You engaged in conduct that put your passengers and your crew in serious jeopardy," FAA regional counsel Eddie Thomas said in a letter to Cheney. Northwest Flight 188 was not in communications with controllers or the airline dispatchers "while you were on a frolic of your own. ... This is a total dereliction and disregard for your duties."

Edi