News, Spilled drink in cockpit leads to hijacking alert. (airlines, flight, United Airlines)

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Beware of spilling drinks while flying a plane.

During a United Airlines flight to Frankfurt, Germany from Chicago this week, a cockpit crew member spilt a beverage on equipment, an airline spokesman said. It prompted a chain of events that inadvertently sent an alert that the plane was being hijacked.

Spilled drink in cockpit leads to hijacking alert | Oddly Enough | Reuters

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