Northwest pilots’ licenses revoked; Franken calls for cockpit laptop ban

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Northwest pilots’ licenses revoked; Franken calls for cockpit laptop ban

by Betsy Sundquist
Published: October 27,2009
Time posted: 3:44 pm
Tags: Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar, Northwest Airlines

The licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots involved in last week's "overflying" incident were revoked today by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a day after Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., called for a ban on using laptop computers in airline cockpits.

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