Awkward: A pilot explains to passengers why he won’t be landing the plane. Pic: YouTube. Source: Supplied
IT STARTED as a toilet break and ended up being an emergency landing.
Officials say a Delta Airlines flight from Minneapolis made an emergency landing in Las Vegas recently with the co-pilot at the controls after the pilot was locked out of the cockpit.
McCarran International Airport spokeswoman Christine Crews says none of the 168 people aboard Delta flight 1651 was injured, and the MD-90 aircraft wasn’t damaged.
The plane had been heading for Las Vegas, and it pulled into its regular gate at McCarran on time about 12:30pm.
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Delta pilot locked out of cockpit
A passenger uploaded video to YouTube showing the pilot talking to passengers.
“That’s our pilot, he just got locked out,” Curry Russell said in the video. “We’re going to land with the first officer. The pilot is in the back of the plane.” reported Fox News insider
Delta spokeswoman Lindsay McDuff says commercial aircraft can be landed with one pilot, and Delta crews are trained for such situations.
File pic: Delta Airlines. Source: AFP
Crews says the door malfunctioned, and McDuff says it’ll be evaluated by maintenance technicians.
Crews says the emergency was declared 13 minutes before the plane touched down at 12:23pm.
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