Delta Plane Makes Unscheduled Landing After Pilot Locked Out of Cockpit
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File photo. Photo by Barry Williams/Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) — A Delta Air Lines flight heading from Minneapolis to Las Vegas was forced to make an unscheduled landing Thursday, airport officials said.
The call about Flight 1651 came in around 12:10 p.m. and the plane landed safely at McCarran International Airport around 12:25 p.m., officials told ABC affiliate KTNV.
The cockpit door malfunctioned, locking the pilot out of the cockpit, airport officials told KTNV, noting that a crew member was forced to make the landing.
No one was injured. There were 168 people on board the plane, officials said.
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