Airliner overshoots airport; controllers feared hijacking

By Mike M. Ahlers CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) – A passenger flight from San Diego, California, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, overshot its destination airport by about 150 miles Wednesday, and federal investigators are looking into whether the pilots had become distracted, as they claimed, or perhaps fallen asleep. [cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/TRAVEL/10/23/airliner.fly.by/art.minneapolis.gi.jpg.jpg caption="An aerial view shows downtown Minneapolis."] … Continue reading Airliner overshoots airport; controllers feared hijacking