Delta pilots who forgot to land distracted by...computers
Last week, the pilots of Flight 188 missed their target, the MSP airport, by 110 miles.
Federal investigators thought they might have been sleeping, but both the captain, Timothy B. Cheney, and the first officer, Richard I. Cole, insisted they were just discussing airline policy.
A recent interim report from the National Transportation Safety Board indicates that the two veteran pilots lost track of time while immersed in- their computers, The New York Times said.
"The controllers should have notified NORAD (The North American Aerospace Defense Command) more quickly that the plane was not responding," said a Federal Aviation Administration official in a statement on Wednesday, The Star Tribune said.
This lack of speed in notifying the military may result in the Obama administration cracking down on the dangers of distracted flying in the same way it would distracted driving, The Star Tribune said.
Federal investigators thought they might have been sleeping, but both the captain, Timothy B. Cheney, and the first officer, Richard I. Cole, insisted they were just discussing airline policy.
A recent interim report from the National Transportation Safety Board indicates that the two veteran pilots lost track of time while immersed in- their computers, The New York Times said.
"The controllers should have notified NORAD (The North American Aerospace Defense Command) more quickly that the plane was not responding," said a Federal Aviation Administration official in a statement on Wednesday, The Star Tribune said.
This lack of speed in notifying the military may result in the Obama administration cracking down on the dangers of distracted flying in the same way it would distracted driving, The Star Tribune said.
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