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By AP and KGW.com Staff |

WASHINGTON -- The two Northwest Airlines pilots who overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles told federal investigators that they were going over scheduling using their laptop computers when the mistake occurred.

The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed in a statement Monday that the pilots told investigators the first officer was instructing the captain on monthly flight crew scheduling on a laptop. However, the use of laptop computers in the cockpit is prohibited.

Previously, Richard Cole told KGW he was not asleep when the Northwest Airlines airplane he was piloting Oct. 21 overshot its destination but he would not elaborate on what did happen.

The airplane turned around more than one hour after flying beyond Minneapolis and landed safely.

National Transportation Security Board investigators spoke with Cole on Sunday.

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