Audio tapes of wayward Northwest flight released

New information released Friday into the Northwest Airlines flight from San Diego that overshot its destination last month. The Federal Aviation Administration released audio tapes from Northwest flight 188. The flight carrying 144 passengers took off from San Diego Oct. 22 headed for Minneapolis. It somehow missed that destination by 150 miles. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the pilots first realized the mistake when a flight attendant asked what time they would land. For 77 minutes air traffic controllers heard nothing but silence. Then a response comes from one of the pilots.

By Erica Fox

November 27, 2009