Toilet stop forces emergency landing
An Air India flight was forced to land after the pilot was locked out of the cockpit during a toilet break.
The flight from Delhi to Bangalore was diverted to Bhopal airport on Monday after the pilot was unable to gain access to the cockpit because of a jammed door.
“The commander of the flight had left the cockpit for a short while to visit the toilet and on returning to the cockpit found the door locked.
The door had got jammed and all efforts to open the door, even from inside by the co-pilot, failed,” an Air India statement said.
“The co-pilot, after taking permission from ground control, diverted the flight to Bhopal and landed…at 17:55 hrs.”
The door was fixed by ground maintenance engineers and the plane continued its journey less than three hours later, Air India added.
Ian Jarrett
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