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A Southwest pilot had to crawl into the cockpit window after the flight deck door was locked

A Southwest pilot had to crawl through an airplane window after a customer accidentally locked the flight deck door, according to the airline. (Courtesy Matt Rexroad / CNN) A Southwest pilot had to crawl through an airplane window after a customer accidentally locked the flight deck door, according to the airline. (Courtesy Matt Rexroad / CNN)
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It’s never fun to be locked out – whether it’s from your house, your car, or a commercial airliner.

A Southwest Airlines pilot wound up crawling through a cockpit window on Wednesday after a customer inadvertently locked the flight deck door, the airline says.

Passenger Matt Rexroad told CNN he was getting ready to board a flight from San Diego to Sacramento when he saw the plane’s pilot crawling through a window.

“During the boarding process, while other Customers and Flight Attendants were onboard, a Customer opened the forward lavatory door and inadvertently pushed the Flight Deck door closed (which locked) while the Pilots scheduled to operate the flight were preparing to board the aircraft,” the airline said in a statement to CNN. “One of our Pilots unlocked the door from a Flight Deck window, and the flight departed as scheduled.”

Rexroad took photos of the incident and

“It is amazing that this pilot went above and beyond to get this flight out. We only left 8 minutes late. Impressive effort by Southwest Airlines,” Rexroad said.

In response, Southwest Airlines “Well that is definitely something you don’t see every day.”

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