Flight makes emergency landing after AI pilot gets locked of cockpit during loo break

An Air India pilot’s visit to the loo forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing in Bhopal on Monday. Hardly something he had imagined the turn of events when went for his pee break. Times Now reported that main pilot of flight AI-403 had gone for a toilet break, when the cockpit door locked shut and refused to open despite his and other crew members’ efforts. After many unsuccessful attempts, the pilot was forced to stay outside. [caption id=“attachment_782161” align=“alignleft” width=“385”]  Image for representation only. PTI[/caption] After realising that there was no way to get the pilot back in his seat, the co-pilot who was inside the cockpit, decided to make an emergency landing. Times of India quoted Firoz Khan, Air India official at the Raja Bhoj Airport in Bhopal as saying, “The direct flight from New Delhi to Bengaluru made an emergency landing at Bhopal airport on Monday. The reason was that its cockpit door was not opening. The flight landed in Bhopal around 6 pm and was at the airport for 2 hours. Once our technical engineers fixed the problem, the flight took off around 8 pm.”