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Wayward Pilots Were on Laptops

By JOAN LOWY
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WASHINGTON (Oct. 27) - Two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew 150 miles past their destination because they were focused on laptop computers instead of cockpit displays may have opened a new avenue of concern for safety regulators — distracting personal electronic devices on the flight deck.
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2009-10-26 15:29:16

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Two pilots told U.S. investigators that they were going over scheduling using their laptop computers in violation of company policy while their plane overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles.