WASHINGTON - Ua hoʻopau nā luna hoʻomalu pekelala i nā laikini o nā pailaka ʻelua o Northwest Airlines i lele ma mua o kā lākou huakaʻi Minneapolis e 150 mile i ka pule i hala.
Ua ʻōlelo ka Federal Aviation Administration i ka Pōʻalua ua uhai nā pailaka i nā lula he nui, me ka hoʻokō ʻole ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a me nā ʻae a me ka hana ʻana me ka mālama ʻole a me ka noʻonoʻo.
ʻO nā pailaka - ka luna mua ʻo Richard Cole o Salem, Ore., a me ke kāpena ʻo Timothy Cheney o Gig Harbor, Wash.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka uniona o nā pailaka e kūʻē i ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻokolokolo. ʻO nā pailaka, ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻaʻohe o lākou ulia pōpilikia a i ʻole nā mea palekana, he 10 mau lā e hoʻopiʻi i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka pilikia.