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Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:16 AM

Published 10/27/2009 by AFP via Yahoo!


Pilots used laptop computers while straying

File photo shows a Northwest Airlines jet at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport in Minnesota. Two distracted US pilots were using laptop computers against company rules last week when they overshot their destination by some 150 miles (240 kilometers), federal investigators said.

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