CNN reports that the pilot on an Air Canada Jazz flight from Ottawa to Winnipeg on Saturday returned from the airplane lavatory to discover he was locked out of the cockpit.
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With 30 minutes to go, the pilot went to the bathroom, leaving the first officer in charge. When he tried to return, the door would not open. The door had to be removed from its hinges.