Pilots mistakenly thought someone was trying to breach cockpit during American Airlines flight

(The Hill) -- A Los Angeles-bound flight made an emergency landing on Monday after its pilots mistakenly thought someone was trying to breach the cockpit when its flight attendants banged on the locked door because the plane’s communication system went down.

SkyWest flight 6569 returned to Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska, at approximately 7:45 p.m. local time, “after declaring an emergency when the pilot could not contact the cabin crew,” the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement.

The American Airlines flight, operated by SkyWest, traveled less than 40 miles before returning to the Omaha airport.

“After landing, it was determined there was a problem with the inter-phone system and the flight crew was knocking on the cockpit door,” the FAA said in its statement.

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