When the flight attendant knocked on the door, it was an emergency landing that was mistaken for a plane hijacking
Oct 22, 2025
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Pilots mistook the crew's knock on the cockpit door as 'Hijacking'.
American Airlines flight AA6469 from Omaha Airport to Los Angeles returned 40 minutes after takeoff, according to the New York Post and other U.S. media.
At the time, the crew knocked on the cockpit door when the plane's intercom system malfunctioned and communication problems occurred.
The pilots, who did not know English, considered themselves hijacking when they could not contact the flight attendant, and urgently returned to Omaha Airport.
Upon learning about Happening after landing, the captain explained "I made an emergency landing because I wasn't sure what was going on with the plane,
As a result, passengers who were anxious experienced the inconvenience of having to leave again a few hours later.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
