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Pilots were working on laptops when plane overflew Minneapolis destination

Tuesday 27th October, 06:15 AM JST

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  • The758 at 08:57 AM JST - 27th October

    So they were either fast asleep or on Facebook

  • NeoJamal at 09:45 AM JST - 27th October

    So they were either fast asleep or on Facebook

    What are they? College students?

  • zurcronium at 10:44 AM JST - 27th October

    Doom can be so captivating . . . or maybe they were playing simflight pretending to be pilots.

  • yokomoc at 11:13 AM JST - 27th October

    Richard Cole, the first officer, and Timothy Cheney, the captain

    Hmmm, Dick and Cheney. Speaking of doom...

  • WilliB at 11:49 AM JST - 27th October

    I take it they think that sounds better than "sleeping"?

  • Yelnats at 12:23 PM JST - 27th October

    Maybe they had some disco music going really loud out of one of the laptops, so due to that they were not able to hear the chimes, bells and whistles of the world trying to contact them. Two losers. Fire them now.

  • dammit at 12:53 PM JST - 27th October

    Well, it'll be easy enough to check out their latest alibi.

    If it proves to be false, they were asleep.

    Or will they then make up something else? Let's see, 'I weren't asleep guv, I was just playing a pocket billiards challenge against the first officer.' You know, first past the post gets to pay for the porn flick we were planning to watch on the next flight.'

    Or maybe, 'We were having an intellectual discussion on the concept of life, the universe, and everything.' Nah. Been done already.

    Perhaps 'Sorry sir, the dog ate my homework.' Whoops, wrong subject.

    Better leave it to them, seems they've got more practice in such lame excuses than me.

  • sensei258 at 07:08 PM JST - 27th October

    "Two pilots have told U.S. investigators that they were going over schedules using their laptop computers" - What they meant to say was "we were watching porn and got distracted"

  • kwatt at 11:42 PM JST - 27th October

    I can't believe it! I wonder if all pilots are doing something similar while flying.

  • ca1ic0cat at 01:50 AM JST - 28th October

    Surfing porn, eh? Guess that brings a new meaning to "I have the stick."

  • bdiego at 03:37 AM JST - 28th October

    Captain Obvious here. They were going over schedules. Which is against FAA regulations, but far more plausible than being asleep or surfing for porn using the airplane connection.

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