[buccaneer81]

I heard the FAA didn't contact NORAD until after the aircraft failed to descend for Minneapolis.

Doesn't surprise me a bit. Who knows how much the protocols have changed in the past 10 months.

[USNBandit]

The pilots' story still doesn't pass the giggle check. They say they were going over a company line bidding program and forgot all about the radios, and the navigation?!

Anybody here have any Airbus time? I just can believe that the auto pilot would keep flying that far past the destination without some kind of warning. Additionally, they must have turned all their radios off. I would like to know what really happened.