Southwest Airlines pilot climbs into cockpit window after being locked out of flight deck

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Southwest Airlines pilot climbs into cockpit window after being locked out of flight deck
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The pilot crawled through a window after a passenger accidentally closed and locked the plane’s control center door on a San Diego to Sacramento flight.

A Southwest Airlines pilot was forced to crawl through the cockpit window after a passenger accidentally closed and locked the door to the plane’s control center on a flight from San Diego to Sacramento earlier this week.

A passenger on the loading bridge snapped a photo of the pilot squeezing himself through the window of the plane during Wednesday’s boarding. A ground crew member had managed to jimmy the window open, passenger Matt RexroadIt took a “matter of seconds before that window was open,” Rexroad said. “It was all done incredibly efficiently.” Despite the unexpected glitch, the flight departed only eight minutes late, he added.

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