Pilots get distracted on a plane and leave it flying unattended for over an hour, overshooting the destination airport.

Go to https://curiositystream.thld.co/mentourpilot_0322 and use the code MENTOURPILOT to save 25% off today, that’s only $14.99 a year. Thanks to Curiosity Stream for sponsoring today’s video. Northwest Airlines Flight 188 was a regularly scheduled flight from San Diego, California, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 21, 2009, which landed over one hour late in Minneapolis after overshooting its destination by more than 100 nautical miles. In this video I will tell you everything about what happened on that day including the circumstances which led up to it. Enjoy If you want to support the work I do on the channel, join my Patreon crew and get awesome perks and help me move the channel forward! 👇 👉🏻 https://www.patreon.com/mentourpilot 👉🏻 Check out our other channel here: youtube.com/mentournow Get the Mentour Aviation app and discuss what You think about this! Download the app for FREE using the link below 👇 📲https://www.mentourpilot.com/apps/ 📲 Join the Mentour Pilot Discord server here! 👉🏻 https://discord.gg/JntGWdn I have also created an Amazon page with Aviation books, material and flight simulator stuff that I think you will enjoy! 👉🏻 https://www.amazon.com/shop/mentourpilot Follow my life on instagram and get awesome pictures from the cockpit! 📲 https://www.instagram.com/mentour_pilot To find the right HEADSET for YOU, check out BOSE Aviation 👉🏻 https://boseaviation-emea.aero/headsets Artwork in the studio 👉🏻 https://aeroprints.de/?lang=en Get some Awesome Mentour Pilot merch 👉🏻 https://mentour-crew.creator-spring.com/? Below you will find the links to videos and sources used in this episode. Enjoy checking them out! Sources ----------------------------------------------------- Final Report: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/?NTSBNumber=DCA10IA001 NWA Headquarters: UNKNOWN https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/blog/real_estate/2015/08/vikings-tie-up-former-nwa-hq-for-training-facility.html News Article: Mark Trumbull / The Christian Science Monitor https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2009/1024/p90s01-usgn.html News Article: NED POTTER / ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/US/northwest-flight-188-faa-transcripts-anxious-controllers/story?id=9190968 News Article: Mike Ahlers / CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/03/15/wayward.pilots.licenses/index.html 9/11 image: UNKNOWN https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/remembering-911-memorial NWA Logo New: NWA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Airlines#/media/File:Northwest_Airlines_Logo.svg NWA Logo Old: NWA https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northwest_Airlines_1989-2003.svg Delta Logo: Delta.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delta_logo.svg Delta Airbus A320: Delta Airlines https://www.delta.com/gb/en Northwest Airbus A320: Blonde_Bird / Med http://www.airline-empires.com/index.php?/gallery/image/19744-northwest-bowlingshoe-airbus-a320/ Bidding system: IBS Software https://www.ad-opt.com/crew-rostering/pbs/?slide_1 Crew Room: Mesa Air https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Photos/Mesa-Air-Office-Photos-IMG974502.htm Hotel: Unknown https://ontheroadwithjen.com/grand-hyatt-san-diego/ Pilots licence: Jonathan Thorne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_pilot_licence CHAPTERS ----------------------------------------------------- 00:00 - Intro 00:24 - The Merger 02:25 - Duty Friction 03:48 - The Flight Crew 05:19 - The Day Before 06:16 - Getting Underway 07:36 - Turbulence 08:21 - Headsets Off 09:58 - Comm Systems & ACARS 11:26 - Getting Comfortable 13:04 - NORDO/PLOC Events 14:51 - Top Of Descent 16:00 - Denver Center Is Worried 17:15 - Where Are We? 19:41 - Getting The Message 21:00 - Media Coverage 21:55 - Repercussions Aircraft used - FlightFactor-A320Ultimate: https://store.x-plane.org/A320-Ultimate_p_688.html GSGNG3FS5FHNRHNK