Panicked American Airlines pilots make emergency landing after they hear mystery banging on cockpit door

An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Nebraska shortly after takeoff after the pilots mistakenly feared someone was trying to break into the cockpit and hijack the plane when flight attendants started banging on the cockpit door.

American Airlines Flight 6469 made the abrupt return to Omaha Airport late Monday — less than 40 minutes after departing for Los Angeles.

The saga unfolded when the flight crew suddenly lost contact with the pilots due to a glitch with the intercom, a spokesperson for the airline said. 4

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The pilots, who could hear a static sound over the intercom, then thought someone was trying to hijack the plane when the flight attendants started pounding on the door of the cockpit.

They quickly turned the plane, operated by SkyWest, around and ma