More Info/Comments on Northwest Flight 188 Overflying Minneapolis
Here’s a Newsweek article:
Here’s a comment in the Journal of System Safety:
Authorities Looking for Reasons in Northwest Flight Overshoot
An interesting comment in the second story says:
“Some are conjecturing that the design of the cockpit lends itself to distractions. The Airbus A320 has a side stick for aircraft control, rather than a center-mounted yoke. There is a pull-out tray directly in front of the pilots, upon which they appeared to have placed their laptops. This would effectively block their view of many of the cockpit’s instruments.”
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