Coverage dated May 25, 2023

A Southwest pilot had to crawl into the cockpit window after the flight deck door was locked

Headline from KTVZ Bend

By Caroll Alvarado, Pete Muntean and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — It’s never fun to be locked out – whether it’s from your house, your car, or a commercial airliner. A Southwest Airlines pilot wound up crawling through a cockpit window on Wednesday after a customer inadvertently locked the flight deck d…

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  1. KTVZ Bend

    A Southwest pilot had to crawl into the cockpit window after the flight deck door was locked (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Caroll Alvarado, Pete Muntean and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — It’s never fun to be locked out – whether it’s from your house, your car, or a commercial airliner. A Southwest Airlines pilot wound up crawling through a cockpit window on Wednesday after a customer inadvertently locked the flight deck d…

  2. 6ABC Philadelphia

    Southwest pilot forced to crawl into cockpit window after flight deck door was locked (opens 6ABC Philadelphia)

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    Passenger Matt Rexroad told CNN he was getting ready to board a flight from San Diego to Sacramento when he saw the plane's pilot crawling through a window.

  3. New York Post

    Southwest pilot climbs through cockpit window after being locked out of plane (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    A Southwest pilot had to wing it when someone had accidentally locked the plane.

  4. CBS News

    Southwest Airlines pilot gets locked out of cockpit before flight back to Sacramento (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    A Sacramento man captured the moments after an airline pilot got locked out of the cockpit.

  5. CBS News

    Southwest pilot climbs through cockpit window to unlock plane just before flight (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The carrier says a passenger had somehow accidentally locked the plane and that meant the pilot had to use an alternate route onto the aircraft.

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