While a pilot took a mid - flying bathroom discontinue , his co - pilot decided to adjust his seat . In the physical process of that , he managed to hit the control column and send the plane into a terrifying plunge . thing almost did n’t terminate well .
Apparently the 25 - year - old co - pilot panic and break “ to execute the proper procedures as the jetliner drop off from 37,000 feet at a 26 - degree angle . ”
Meanwhile , the archetype was lock out of the cockpit and only managed to enter using an emergency codification . The adult male then grabbed the ascendency and brought the plane out of the honkytonk . According to an aviation authority news report , the “ aircraft would have broken asunder if the descent had continued ” much longer .
No one was injured during the incident and most passengers remained incognizant of how much danger they ’d been in :
After the pilot , 39 , recover control of the plane , he told rider , who were in the middle of a meal when the jet plunged , that the planing machine had “ run through an air pocket and that is why there was a speedy descent . ”
I have a hunch that I ’ll think of this news story anytime I see a airplane pilot take a can fall apart . [ CNN ]
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