MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The pilots who flew their Northwest Airlines flight past their destination of Minneapolis Oct. 21 now blame air traffic controllers.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration says it may discipline two Northwest Airlines pilots who were unreachable while overshooting their destination.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The pilots of a Northwest Airlines flight that overshot its destination by 150 miles told colleagues they lost "situational awareness," U.S. officials said.
SAO PAULO, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Two U.S. pilots and Brazilian air traffic controllers doomed two planes that collided in midair, leaving 154 people dead, a report issued Wednesday concludes.
SAO PAULO, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Two U.S. pilots involved in Brazil's worst air accident in history had trouble with their radio in-flight, Folha de Sao Paulo reported Tuesday.
SAO PAULO, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Brazilian authorities blamed air traffic controllers as well as two U.S. pilots for causing the country's deadliest plane crash.
EAGAN, Minn., July 28 (UPI) -- Pilots at Eagan, Minn.-based Northwest Airlines have proposed a job saving plan to accept lower pay for flying smaller 70-seat aircraft.
EAGAN, Minn., June 22 (UPI) -- Northwest Airlines is cooperating with a Federal Aviation Administration inquiry into why an Airbus A319 with 117 passengers landed at the wrong airport.
TOKYO, March 20 (UPI) -- Tokyo prosecutors intend to charge two air traffic controllers involved in a near miss between two Japan Airlines passenger planes in 2001.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A bill allowing the FAA to contract out the jobs of more than 2,000 controllers had the support Thursday of airport and airline officials.