Out to lunch
Texting while driving and not paying attention
The week before last, two Northwest pilots overshot Minneapolis, their destination, by a hundred and fifty miles, apparently oblivious of their instruments and their internal clocks, as well as of a barrage of increasingly desperate radio calls from air-traffic control. Afterward, they explained that they’d logged onto their personal laptop computers and become so engrossed—not in FarmVille or porn, or even good old off-line activity, such as a ... Full Story »
Posted by Fabrice Florin
I'm one of the sources for the piece, and I must attest, the New Yorker fact check is as precise and healthy as ever!