Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Pilot, 1st Officer Slept While Approaching Denver


WASHINGTON DC - Lawmakers meeting about airline safety Wednesday heard about a government report that described a commercial pilot and his first officer falling asleep at the wheel 60 miles outside from Denver, and careening toward the airport at twice the speed allowed.
Rep. Bart Gordon , D-Tenn. demanded to know why this information was available on a system available to the public, known as ASRA, but NASA refused to release the information from a separate survey conducted in an $11 million program called the National Aviation Operations Monitoring Service. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Boca Java