[eric strt6]

On Thursday, a door malfunction locked the captain out of the cockpit on Delta Air Lines Flight 1651 from Minneapolis/St. Paul before final approach into McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

The first officer "alerted the airport to an 'emergency in-air' at approximately 12:10 p.m PT" and made an unassisted landing, McCarran spokeswoman Christine Crews said.

"A commercial aircraft can be landed with one pilot at the control and Delta pilots are fully trained to do so if the situation were to occur," a Delta representative said in a statement. "The First Officer took control and landed the aircraft safely without incident. The door will be evaluated by Delta maintenance technicians."

 

[Westy]

Woah woah woah, hold on there. I am not ready for news that happened in the middle of last week. I have only just gotten through microfiche from the first Reagan term.

If only we had a forum specifically for "news" items.

Damn you Ridemonkey!

DAMN YOU!

 

[eric strt6]

I like to give him nightmares

 

[Westy]

I like to give him nightmares

Just post some selfies in your Wheaties thread.

 

[eric strt6]

Just post some selfies in your Wheaties thread.

I said nightmares man.. not going to go so far that he would need professional help for post traumatic stress disorder

 

[canadmos]

A pilot landed a plane? Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[Pesqueeb]

A pilot landed a plane? Pics or it didn't happen.

The buried headline here is that the FO was awake and didn't overfly the airport by several hundred miles.

 

[jonKranked]

did the first officer remember to turn of the chemtrails before landing?

 

[Pesqueeb]

did the first officer remember to turn of the chemtrails before landing?

This is the reason two people are required in the cockpit. That's the sort of thing that could easily be forgotten.

 

[jonKranked]

This is the reason two people are required in the cockpit. That's the sort of thing that could easily be forgotten.

is it the kind of deal it takes two people to start, but only one to shut down?

 

[Westy]

This is the reason two people are required in the cockpit. That's the sort of thing that could easily be forgotten.

I thought it was so there was someone up there to give handies while the Attendants are slinging drinks.