Pilot locked in lavatory causes unnecessary terror scare
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[QUOTE]He was caught with his pants down.A pilot who accidentally locked himself in the bathroom of his LaGuardia-bound plane caused a terror scare last night when a helpful passenger with an accent tried to come to his rescue by banging on the cockpit door.The embarrassing comedy of errors began when the captain of a Chatauqua Airlines flight from Asheville, N.Car., decided to take a bathroom break before landing.But when he tried to get out of the men’s room, the door jammed, trapping him in the tight quarters.[URL="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/item_3DuPyRMRK8MkXaouLqGJAO"]AUDIO: CONFUSION ONBOARD LGA-BOUND PLANE[/URL]
A well-intentioned passenger sitting in the front row heard his thumping and hurried over to help.Desperate to get out and land the plane — which was in a holding pattern above the airport — he pounded his fists on the door to attract attention.Relieved, the pilot told the passenger to go to the cockpit and alert the crew to his plight.But crew members didn’t react well to the unexpected visit from a stranger trying to breach the highly secure area of the plane.The jittery co-pilot — at the controls and wondering why his boss’ bathroom break was taking forever — thought the unfamiliar accent was Middle Eastern, a source told The Post.Practically stammering, he quickly radioed air traffic control.“We are 180 knots 10,000 [feet] uh, can we leave the frequency for a minute? We are going to try to, uh contact dispatch,” he said.“The captain disappeared in the back, and, uh, I have someone with a thick foreign accent trying to access the cockpit.”Even after the passenger explained through the door that the captain was locked in the john, the co-pilot was still suspicious.“What I’m being told is he’s stuck in the lav [lavatory], and, uh, someone with a thick foreign accent is giving me a password to access the cockpit,” he said.He clearly did not believe the passenger.“I’m not about to let him in,” the nervous co-pilot told the LaGuardia tower.The controller, also spooked, advised the pilot to declare an emergency and “just get on the ground.’’The captain finally extricated himself and told his colleagues all was well.Before that happened fighter planes were alerted, although they were never scrambled.When an air traffic controller called to check if “there any level of disturbance on the airplane,” the pilot got on and responded “negative.”“The captain, myself, went back to the lavatory and the door latch broke and I had to fight my way out of it with my body to get the door open ,” he said.“There is no issue, no threat.”The[URL="http://www.nypost.com/t/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation"] FBI [/URL]and Port Authority cops met the plane when it landed around 6:30 pm. A spokesman for Chatauqua — which runs the regional flight under the Delta name — said cops talked to the passenger and quickly realized it was all a misunderstanding.[/quote]
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Its like something out of a movie.
It's stupid that they were more suspicious because of his accent.
Stay racist america.
I really hope the co-pilot was demoted, fired, or disciplined. He was given the fucking password that only the pilots know, and I'm pretty sure they have two passwords, one real and one to be given as a hint that it's a hijack, in case one of them gets captured.
[QUOTE=JgcxCub;33328948]It's stupid that they were more suspicious because of his accent.[/QUOTE]
I'm not racist or anything, but to be honest if the pilot takes a suspiciously long shit and hasn't returned for a long time, and some guy starts banging on the door with a middle-eastern sounding man yelling at me I might just as well be worried considering all the passengers I'd have on board.
I'd be suspicious just the same if there weren't an accent. I think it's more common or at least heard of for a middle eastern terrorist groups dropping down planes in the past decade
DISPATCH I HAVE A MIDDLE EASTERN MAN TALKING TO ME THROUGH THE DOOR MAYDAY MAYDAY
[QUOTE=Blade_Raider;33329253]I'm not racist or anything, but to be honest if the pilot takes a suspiciously long shit and hasn't returned for a long time, and some guy starts banging on the door with a middle-eastern sounding man yelling at me I might just as well be worried considering all the passengers I'd have on board.[/QUOTE]
Yes, you are racist, read what I wrote just above you. they were given the password to unlock the door, and told that the pilot was stuck in the shitter.
[QUOTE=Crimor;33329248]Stay racist america.
I really hope the co-pilot was demoted, fired, or disciplined. He was given the fucking password that only the pilots know, and I'm pretty sure they have two passwords, one real and one to be given as a hint that it's a hijack, in case one of them gets captured.[/QUOTE]
oh shut up
[QUOTE=Crimor;33329280]Yes, you are racist, read what I wrote just above you. they were given the password to unlock the door, and told that the pilot was stuck in the shitter.[/QUOTE]
Jump the pilot in the bathroom, "Tell me the password to the cockpit or I'm going to blow up the plane before we land"
I doubt pilots getting stuck on the shitter mid flight is a common happening.
[QUOTE=Blade_Raider;33329296]Jump the pilot in the bathroom, "Tell me the password to the cockpit or I'm going to blow up the plane before we land"[/QUOTE]
As I said, they most likely have two codes, and why would you say a middle eastern person would be more likely to hijack planes? That was unheard of before 9/11 and afaik not a single middle eastern person has attempted to hijack a commercial airliner after that, good job getting caught in the fearmongering.
Good ol' racists
[QUOTE=Blade_Raider;33329296]Jump the pilot in the bathroom, "Tell me the password to the cockpit or I'm going to blow up the plane before we land"
I doubt pilots getting stuck on the shitter mid flight is a common happening.[/QUOTE]
I've gotten stuck in an airplane shitter like three fucking times, the locks on them are horrible :v:
[QUOTE=Crimor;33329347]As I said, they most likely have two codes, and why would you say [B]a middle eastern person[/B] would be more likely to hijack planes? That was unheard of before 9/11 and afaik not a single middle eastern person has attempted to hijack a commercial airliner after that, good job getting caught in the fearmongering.[/QUOTE]
Then.. "Give the hijack code and I'll blow this plane up immediately"
Middle Eastern terrorists and Middle Eastern people are different.
Is it wrong that I laughed at this?
[QUOTE=tier56;33329606]Is it wrong that I laughed at this?[/QUOTE]
It's a good mix of laughing my ass off and wanting to punch the co-pilot.
Why are we so distrustful of foreigners Jesus fuck
you can bet your dick that if this was an American man speaking those doors would be open
[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;33329681]Why are we so distrustful of foreigners Jesus fuck
you can bet your dick that if this was an American man speaking those doors would be open[/QUOTE]
And if he had a texan accent they'd let him fly the damn thing. :v:
I would be worried regardless of accent so I can understand not opening the door immediately, but why mention the guy sounds middle-eastern to dispatch. Do they have different instructions for issues with middle-easterners?
[QUOTE=imptastick;33329817]I would be worried regardless of accent so I can understand not opening the door immediately, but why mention the guy sounds middle-eastern to dispatch. Do they have different instructions for issues with middle-easterners?[/QUOTE]
Actually I think they might
I hope they apologised to the passenger.
[editline]18th November 2011[/editline]
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[QUOTE=Blade_Raider;33329253]I'm not racist or anything, but to be honest if the pilot takes a suspiciously long shit and hasn't returned for a long time, and some guy starts banging on the door with a middle-eastern sounding man yelling at me I might just as well be worried considering all the passengers I'd have on board.
I'd be suspicious just the same if there weren't an accent. I think it's more common or at least heard of for a middle eastern terrorist groups dropping down planes in the past decade[/QUOTE]
Typically, when someone starts a sentence with "I'm not X but," It usually means said person is X but is trying in vain to divert attention from said fact. In this case, X = Racist.
So yeah, you're a massive racist. :v:
Shitty day
Pretty pathetic that this happened just because the guy had the "wrong accent".
[QUOTE=Crimor;33329248]Stay racist america.[/QUOTE]so when was the last time ur glorious Denmark has a black president?
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It still amazes me you guys can call America racist while generalizing Americans at the same time.
[QUOTE=Kung Fu Jew;33378588]so when was the last time ur glorious Denmark has a black president?
[img]http://chuckgallagher.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/barack-obama-smiling.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
We don't have a president, thank you for being the american stereotype we believe in over here, I know there's smart ones, but why do I always have to talk to the not so smart ones.
[QUOTE=Crimor;33329248]Stay racist america.
I really hope the co-pilot was demoted, fired, or disciplined. He was given the fucking password that only the pilots know, and I'm pretty sure they have two passwords, one real and one to be given as a hint that it's a hijack, in case one of them gets captured.[/QUOTE]
Stand back guys, he's [I]pretty sure[/I]​
[QUOTE=Kung Fu Jew;33378588]so when was the last time ur glorious Denmark has a black president?
[img]http://chuckgallagher.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/barack-obama-smiling.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
"I'm not racist! Some of my friends are black!"
[QUOTE=Crimor;33381684]We don't have a president, thank you for being the american stereotype we believe in over here, I know there's smart ones, but why do I always have to talk to the not so smart ones.[/QUOTE]
you're delusional
This whole talk about racism is stupid. The guy was flying a plane with 100+ people on board. The pilot failed to return, which in itself is a very suspicious thing. If a guy starts banging on the door, that itself is a suspicious thing. And to top it off, they thought he had a middle eastern accent. It's not exactly racist when al qaeda has a rep for hijacking planes; and them being based in the middle east and all.
It's one thing profiling someone in line for the metal detectors because they're wearing a turban, it's a whole other thing to be concerned when your pilot doesn't return to the cockpit and some guy starts knocking on the cockpit door.
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