NTSB confirms pilot fault in Northwest overflight

US National Transportation Safety Board determined that last October's Northwest Airlines overflight incident occurred "because the pilots became distracted by a conversation unrelated to the operation of the aircraft." The incident, in which NWA Flight 188 overflew its destination airport of...

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