Plane Lands Safely After Pilot Locked Out of Cockpit
1.30.2015 |
News
| Sarah Fisher |
According to officials, a plane flying from Minneapolis to Las Vegas made an emergency landing after the pilot was locked out of the cockpit.
The plane landed safely at McCarran international airport around 12:30pm yesterday.
The cockpit door malfunctioned and locked the pilot from the plane controls, officials told KTNV, saying that the first officer made the landing.
"About half way through [the 2.5-hour flight] there seemed to be some talking at the front of the plane. You could see the captain out there," passenger Jesse Dougherty told ABC News. "There wasn't a huge panic but some confusion."
The captain explained to the passengers that the door was jammed and he couldn't get back in, Dougherty said, adding: "It was very, very bizarre." The first officer landed the plane "perfectly" and the plane broke out into applause.
Officials said there were 168 people on board and no one was injured.
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