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NTSB Probing Northwest Crew Overflight
Oct 22, 2009
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| The NTSB is examining the flight recorders from a Northwest Airlines Airbus A320 (N03274) for clues as to why the flight lost radio contact with ATC with for 1 hr. 18 min and flew 150 mi. past its destination, Minneapolis-St. Paul. At 5:56 pm (MDT) on Oct. 21, controllers lost radio communications with Flight 188 that had departed from San Diego. At 7:58 pm (CDT) the A320 bypassed Minneapolis-St. Paul and continued to fly to the Northeast at 37,000 ft. with 147 passengers and an unknown number of crew onboard. Concerned controllers reestablished communications with the flight crew at 8:14 p.m . (CDT) According to the NTSB, the pilots told controllers and authorities .........
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