"Open the door, eh!"
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..
DOH!!
Good thing he wasn't taking a growler with a crossword puzzle.
Woe to the manufacturer!
Dude! That's my hobby!
"Open the door, eh!"
"hehehehehe"
I'm still laughing as I type this.
WILLLLL-MAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Hey - wake up in there!
Nice to know you can remove the door. Just what the Jihadists needed to know.
That's what crossed my mind too. If it can be removed from the hinges, it's not very secure, now is it?
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!
You hoser!
More than likely the hinge pins/hinges are exposed on the cockpit side for removal.
WIIIILLLLMMMMMAAAA!
The doors open out... don't they? He should have just asked one of the snakes to crawl under and open it for him.
Pretty much all doors can be removed from the hinges. Now if the hinges are on the outside............that would be a problem.
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The passengers claimed the captain was banging on the cockpit door screaming, "What is a six letter word for diagram?"
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