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- Captain got stuck in bathroom
- Man with "thick/heavy foreign accent" relaying to the pilot thru the closed cockpit door the Captain's dilemma..
- Pilot in Cockpit decide that thick foreign accent = terrorist, and was about to call in fighter jets to shoot down the plane full of passengers and himself.
- FORTUNATELY The Captain was able to break out the jammed bathroom door and put the pilot at ease..
Lesson:
-<span style="font-style: italic"> If you need to break into a cockpit.. <span style="font-weight: bold">TWANG....</span></span>
Ironically the article below applaud the pilot for saving the passengers lives.. the same people he was about to have fighter pilots shoot down because someone with a "thick accent" came calling..
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'"><span style="font-weight: bold">A missing pilot causes a scare on a Delta flight</span>
A missing pilot causes a scare on a Delta flight from Nashville, North Carolina to New York City on Wednesday night. Because of this situation, Delta flight number 6132 was forced to make an emergency landing at its destination.
When the flight was arriving to LaGuardia International Airport in New York City, the co-pilot reported to the radio tower that their pilot was missing. The co-pilot also radioed, that moments later, a man with a heavy foreign accent was trying to get into the cockpit.
According to ABC Good Morning America TV show, the pilot had stepped out of the cockpit to use the bathroom. When the pilot did not return, the co-pilot was worried because the landing destination was approaching. Moments later, <span style="font-weight: bold">a man with the heavy foreign accent approached the door and was trying to get in.</span>
The co-pilot radioed the tower that the man who was trying to get into the cockpit knew the password. The co-pilot told the radio tower at LaGuardia that he didn't trust it and was not going to let this man inside the cockpit. LaGuardia instructed the co-pilot to land the plane immediately.
Later, once everything was under control and the plane on the ground safely, they found that the pilot had gotten himself stuck in the bathroom, because the door had a faulty latch. The only help that came for the pilot was the man with the heavy accent, and the pilot decided to give the man the access code to the cockpit.
The man, trying to be a Good Samaritan, went to tell the co-pilot that the pilot was not going to be there for the landing. The co-pilot panicked and decided to radio the tower for advice.
The only one here at fault is the pilot. Under any circumstance, the pilot should never give out the access code to the cockpit, especially under this non threatening situation. It is pretty obvious that co-pilots are trained to land planes; at least, they better be! In this case, it was so.
Now, the co-pilot did the correct thing. He went with a gut feeling and decided to take action on the situation at hand. When there is a plane with lives at stake, pilots should always follow the motto, "better safe than sorry."
In the end, and despite the fact that everyone landed safely and there was no real threat present, the precautions that have to be taken in airplanes should always be respected and measured with extreme security. Applauses should go out the co-pilot of this flight for looking out for the lives on board and on the ground.</span>
- Captain got stuck in bathroom
- Man with "thick/heavy foreign accent" relaying to the pilot thru the closed cockpit door the Captain's dilemma..
- Pilot in Cockpit decide that thick foreign accent = terrorist, and was about to call in fighter jets to shoot down the plane full of passengers and himself.
- FORTUNATELY The Captain was able to break out the jammed bathroom door and put the pilot at ease..
Lesson:
-<span style="font-style: italic"> If you need to break into a cockpit.. <span style="font-weight: bold">TWANG....</span></span>
Ironically the article below applaud the pilot for saving the passengers lives.. the same people he was about to have fighter pilots shoot down because someone with a "thick accent" came calling..
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'"><span style="font-weight: bold">A missing pilot causes a scare on a Delta flight</span>
A missing pilot causes a scare on a Delta flight from Nashville, North Carolina to New York City on Wednesday night. Because of this situation, Delta flight number 6132 was forced to make an emergency landing at its destination.
When the flight was arriving to LaGuardia International Airport in New York City, the co-pilot reported to the radio tower that their pilot was missing. The co-pilot also radioed, that moments later, a man with a heavy foreign accent was trying to get into the cockpit.
According to ABC Good Morning America TV show, the pilot had stepped out of the cockpit to use the bathroom. When the pilot did not return, the co-pilot was worried because the landing destination was approaching. Moments later, <span style="font-weight: bold">a man with the heavy foreign accent approached the door and was trying to get in.</span>
The co-pilot radioed the tower that the man who was trying to get into the cockpit knew the password. The co-pilot told the radio tower at LaGuardia that he didn't trust it and was not going to let this man inside the cockpit. LaGuardia instructed the co-pilot to land the plane immediately.
Later, once everything was under control and the plane on the ground safely, they found that the pilot had gotten himself stuck in the bathroom, because the door had a faulty latch. The only help that came for the pilot was the man with the heavy accent, and the pilot decided to give the man the access code to the cockpit.
The man, trying to be a Good Samaritan, went to tell the co-pilot that the pilot was not going to be there for the landing. The co-pilot panicked and decided to radio the tower for advice.
The only one here at fault is the pilot. Under any circumstance, the pilot should never give out the access code to the cockpit, especially under this non threatening situation. It is pretty obvious that co-pilots are trained to land planes; at least, they better be! In this case, it was so.
Now, the co-pilot did the correct thing. He went with a gut feeling and decided to take action on the situation at hand. When there is a plane with lives at stake, pilots should always follow the motto, "better safe than sorry."
In the end, and despite the fact that everyone landed safely and there was no real threat present, the precautions that have to be taken in airplanes should always be respected and measured with extreme security. Applauses should go out the co-pilot of this flight for looking out for the lives on board and on the ground.</span>
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