An Air India flight was forced to land after the pilot was locked out of the cockpit during a toilet break.
He was unable to gain access to the cockpit because of a jammed door, reports the BBC.
The flight, which was travelling from Delhi to Bangalore, was diverted to land instead at Bhopal Airport.
"The commander of the flight had left the cockpit for a short while to visit the toilet and on returning to the cockpit found the door locked," a spokesman said.
"The door had got jammed and all efforts to open the door, even from inside by the co-pilot, failed.
"The co-pilot, after taking permission from ground control, diverted the flight to Bhopal and landed at 17:55 hours."
The door was fixed by ground maintenance engineers and the plane continued its journey less than three hours later, Air India added.
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