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Pilot locked out of cockpit during flight
Yahoo ^ | 8/30/06

Posted on 08/30/2006 2:02:46 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside

Pilot locked out of cockpit during flight

1 hour, 54 minutes ago

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The pilot of a Canadian airliner who went to the washroom during a flight found himself locked out of the cockpit, forcing the crew to remove the door from its hinges to let him back in, the airline said on Wednesday.

The incident occurred aboard a flight from Ottawa to Winnipeg on Saturday. The regional jet, capable of carrying 50 people, was operated by Air Canada's Jazz subsidiary.

Jazz spokeswoman Manon Stewart said that with 30 minutes of the flight to go, the pilot went to the washroom, leaving the first officer in charge. But when he tried to get back into the cockpit, the door would not open.

"The door malfunctioned ... this is a very rare occurrence," Stewart said, adding that the crew's decision to remove the door had been in line with company policy.

A report in the Ottawa Citizen newspaper said that for about 10 minutes "passengers described seeing the pilot bang on the door and communicating with the cockpit though an internal telephone, but being unable to open the door".

Stewart said the paper's report was "a bit dramatic" and stressed that at no time had the plane or passengers been in danger. She did not say how many people had been on board.

Air Canada is a unit of ACE Aviation Holdings Inc..


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1 posted on 08/30/2006 2:02:46 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside
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To: Mr. Brightside; Larry Lucido; verity

DOH!!


2 posted on 08/30/2006 2:04:43 PM PDT by sit-rep
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To: Mr. Brightside

Good thing he wasn't taking a growler with a crossword puzzle.


3 posted on 08/30/2006 2:04:46 PM PDT by pissant
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Woe to the manufacturer!


4 posted on 08/30/2006 2:05:07 PM PDT by lilylangtree
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To: pissant
Good thing he wasn't taking a growler with a crossword puzzle.

Dude! That's my hobby!

5 posted on 08/30/2006 2:05:36 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (Just another evil conservative)
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To: Mr. Brightside
"passengers described seeing the pilot bang on the door and communicating with the cockpit though an internal telephone, but being unable to open the door"

"Open the door, eh!"


6 posted on 08/30/2006 2:06:48 PM PDT by holymoly ("A lot" is TWO words.)
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To: sit-rep

"hehehehehe"

7 posted on 08/30/2006 2:07:11 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside
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To: pissant
Good thing he wasn't taking a growler with a crossword puzzle.

I'm still laughing as I type this.

8 posted on 08/30/2006 2:07:45 PM PDT by SALChamps03
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"passengers described seeing the pilot bang on the door . . ."

WILLLLL-MAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

9 posted on 08/30/2006 2:07:59 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Mr. Brightside

Hey - wake up in there!


10 posted on 08/30/2006 2:07:59 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
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The pilot of a Canadian airliner who went to the washroom during a flight found himself locked out of the cockpit, forcing the crew to remove the door from its hinges to let him back in,...

Nice to know you can remove the door. Just what the Jihadists needed to know.

11 posted on 08/30/2006 2:08:27 PM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts (The only good Mullah is a dead Mullah. The only good Mosque is the one that used to be there.)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
Jaaaaaaane! Stop this crazy thing!
12 posted on 08/30/2006 2:08:58 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (UN Security Council resolution 1701: I believe it is ceasefire for our time.)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

That's what crossed my mind too. If it can be removed from the hinges, it's not very secure, now is it?


13 posted on 08/30/2006 2:10:40 PM PDT by thoughtomator (There is no "Islamofascism" - there is only Islam)
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To: Mr. Brightside

I heard a story about a flight in S.America where ALL the flight-crew got locked out of the cockpit (pilot in the bathroom, co-pilot in the cabin, turbulence). They had to break the door down with a fire-axe while the passengers watched!


14 posted on 08/30/2006 2:10:54 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: holymoly

You hoser!


15 posted on 08/30/2006 2:12:00 PM PDT by skeptoid
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To: thoughtomator

More than likely the hinge pins/hinges are exposed on the cockpit side for removal.


16 posted on 08/30/2006 2:12:27 PM PDT by headstamp (Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
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To: Mr. Brightside

WIIIILLLLMMMMMAAAA!


17 posted on 08/30/2006 2:13:09 PM PDT by John Jorsett (scam never sleeps)
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To: headstamp

The doors open out... don't they? He should have just asked one of the snakes to crawl under and open it for him.


18 posted on 08/30/2006 2:13:58 PM PDT by Ingtar (Prensa dos para el inglés)
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To: thoughtomator

Pretty much all doors can be removed from the hinges. Now if the hinges are on the outside............that would be a problem.


19 posted on 08/30/2006 2:15:12 PM PDT by MPJackal ("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
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To: pissant
Good thing he wasn't taking a growler with a crossword puzzle.

XXXXX UPDATE XXXXXX

The passengers claimed the captain was banging on the cockpit door screaming, "What is a six letter word for diagram?"

20 posted on 08/30/2006 2:16:25 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside
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