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  • Spilled drink in cockpit leads to hijacking alert

    01/06/2011 1:28:43 PM PST · by justlurking · 8 replies
    Reuters ^ | 2011-01-06 | Mary Wisniewski
    CHICAGO (Reuters) – Beware of spilling drinks while flying a plane. During a United Airlines flight to Frankfurt, Germany from Chicago this week, a cockpit crew member spilled a beverage on equipment, an airline spokesman said. It prompted a chain of events that inadvertently sent an alert that the plane was being hijacked. "During a period of light turbulence, a cockpit crew member's beverage spilled, causing issues with the airplane's communications equipment," said United spokesman Rahsaan Johnson. The beverage caused a problem with one of the aircraft's radio systems, which prompted the pilot to decide to land the plane Monday...