Northwest Airlines Flight 188 is a regularly scheduled flight from San Diego, California, to Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 21, 2009. The flight landed more than an hour late in Minneapolis after it exceeded its destination by more than 150 miles (240 km) due to pilot error. As a result of this incident, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revoked the pilot certificate from the pilots involved and the National Transportation Safety Board issued recommendations for air traffic control procedures and changes in the rules for cockpit crews and air traffic controllers. The incident also caused US lawmakers to move to prevent pilots in US aircraft from using electronic devices while sliding or flying. Changes in flight deck automation have also been suggested as a result of prototype incidents and designs that could reduce errors leading to similar incidents have been described.
Video Northwest Airlines Flight 188
Incident
The Airbus A320 departs San Diego International Airport at 17:01. CDT (3:01 pm in San Diego). It was scheduled to land at 8:01 am. CDT. Less than two hours later, at 6:56 pm. CDT, Air Traffic Control lost radio contact with the plane when it ended in Denver. Air traffic control in Denver ARTCC (where contact is lost) and Minneapolis ARTCC made several unsuccessful attempts to reach the pilot. When other pilots in the area got word of the situation, they tried to help the controller and tried to improve the pilot as well. Northwest also sent them radio text messages, which were not answered. Authorities are quite concerned that NORAD is preparing fighter jets to check the welfare of the aircraft. Officers in the White House Situation Room were also warned.
Just as fighter jets were about to take off, the Minneapolis air traffic control rebuilt radio contact with the aircraft at 8:14 pm. CDT, when the flight ended in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, about 100 miles (160 km) east of Minneapolis. The pilot did not know their location until a flight attendant asked them what time they would land. Ignoring the air traffic controllers concerned that they have pilots doing a series of maneuvers to make sure the pilots control the plane, as well as to verify that the transponder targets they received on their radar were 188 flights. The plane finally landed, over an hour late, at 9:04 night CDT.
Maps Northwest Airlines Flight 188
Investigation
During the investigation, the pilot told investigators with the National Transportation Safety Agency that they would do more than schedule using their laptop computers - a serious violation of fundamental piloting, as well as a violation of Delta Air Lines policies (Delta recently joined Northwest). The pilot rejected the advice of some aviation security experts that they were asleep.
In the United States, the FAA prohibits pilots from taking short naps, but airlines from other countries allow a short nap outside U.S. airspace. These airlines include British Airways, Qantas, and Air France. The cockpit voice recorder has been removed from the plane, but there is only information for 30 minutes. More than one hour of information will be required for all information from the passage section passing through Minneapolis will be available.
Findings
On October 27, 2009, the FAA lifted the pilot certificate from the pilot involved. The FAA found that the pilot was out of radio contact with an air traffic controller for over an hour and a half. He cites the pilots for failing to comply with instructions and cleaning of air traffic controls, operating the aircraft in reckless and reckless ways, and other security breaches. Subsequent incidents and investigations have led to some changes in the rules for cockpit crews and air traffic controllers.
References
External links
- Northwest Airlines flight leads to pilot professional investigation
- Inside story of Northwest 188 plus, Congress did it right, for once: A powerful new rule for airlines and pilots
- Submission of Delta Air Lines to the National Transportation Safety Board
- Submission of the National Air Traffic Control Association to the National Transportation Safety Board Regarding the Incident Involving Northwest 188 on October 21, 2009
- NTSB Accident Project Information DCA10IA001
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