New Delhi: The commander of an Air India domestic flight en route from Delhi to Bangalore on Monday evening got locked out of the cockpit owing to which his co-pilot inside had to make an emergency landing in Bhopal.
The door lock got jammed so badly that even after landing in Bhopal technicians could not open it and had to enter the Airbus A320 cockpit through a window. They finally managed to open the door from inside the cockpit.
"A screw of the lock got loose and fell, jamming the lock. Prima facie, AI crew acted according to the procedure and there was no lapse on their part but the incident puts a question mark on maintenance. We have initiated a probe," said an official of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
This is the third bizarre incident reported in the AI within a month with a pilot landing in Mumbai without the ATC clearance followed by a commander allegedly making airhostesses sit on the pilots' seats and give them a crash course on how to fly a plane.
15/05/13 Times of India
