A Southwest Airlines pilot was caught on camera boarding a plane through the cockpit window. The pilot was forced to do so after a passenger accidentally closed the plane’s door. According to Fox5’s report, the incident took place at the San Diego International Airport. The plane seen in the pictures was bound for Sacramento. The picture of the pilot sneezing through the window was captured by a man named Max Rexrod and shared on social media. Significantly, the incident is of Wednesday.
Sharing the picture, Rexrod wrote, “No kidding… Yesterday the last passenger got off the plane and there was no one else on board, he closed the door. The door was locked. The pilot had to open the door through the cockpit window.” We had to crawl along so that we could board.”
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According to CBS Sacramento, gate officials informed passengers that their flight would be delayed and that someone would need to unlock the plane from the cockpit.
No kidding… Yesterday the last passenger got off the plane and there was nobody in it, he closed the door. closed the door. The pilot had to crawl through the cockpit window to open the door so that we could board. @southwestair pic.twitter.com/oujjcPY67j— Matt Rexroad (@MattRexroad) May 25, 2023
According to the report, Rexrod was waiting at the gate when a gate agent said on speakerphone that someone had locked the plane’s door and there would be a slight delay when they tried to get inside. Rexrod was traveling to Sacramento after helping himself. Betty dropped out of the University of San Diego.
Rexrod estimated that there was a delay of eight minutes before boarding with other passengers. According to him, they arrived in Sacramento about seven minutes later than expected.
In a statement to CBS13, Southwest Airlines said, “During the boarding process, a customer opened the forward lavatory door and inadvertently closed the flight deck door (which was closed) while the pilot operating the flight was in the aircraft.” were preparing to board. One of our pilots opened the door through the flight deck window, and the flight departed on schedule.”