A plane returned to a Nebraska airport over fear someone was trying to break into the cockpit

OMAHA Neb AP A plane carrying passengers from Omaha Nebraska to Los Angeles made an exigency landing minutes into the flight out of an abundance of caution after pilots mistakenly thought someone was trying to breach the cockpit The SkyWest Flight had just left Omaha s Eppley Airfield around p m Monday when the plane s pilots declared an urgency and headed back to the airport A message from SkyWest a regional carrier operated by American Airlines announced the plane returned to Omaha out of abundance of caution after experiencing communication issues with a flight crew mic An American Airlines spokesperson declared Monday night that the intercom pilots and flight attendants use to speak to each other had been left on by accident The flight crew unable to communicate with the pilots banged on the cockpit door the Federal Aviation Administration explained in a comment Fearing an attempted breach of the cockpit the jet returned to the Omaha airport A local exigency dispatcher contacted by the airport initially called for officers to meet the plane upon its return based on a review of people trying to get in to the cockpit The dispatcher was later heard canceling that request Advised no urgency the dispatcher reported There was a staffing issue The flight later continued to Los Angeles Related Articles In the modern day in History October Frank Lloyd Wright s Modernist icon opens in New York Establishment shutdown imperils dozens of Head Start preschool programs teens killed after being struck by Colorado driver in wrong-way crash on New Jersey Turnpike Massive Amazon cloud outage has been resolved after disrupting internet use worldwide Nowadays in History October Hearings question alleged Communist influence in Hollywood