A jammed lock on an airline bathroom door caused anxious moments for the pilots aboard a flight from North Carolina to New York City.
The plane's captain told air traffic controllers he accidentally got stuck on the LaGuardia-bound Chatauqua Airlines flight from Asheville on Thursday.
When a passenger with an unfamiliar accent tried to alert the co-pilot in the cockpit, the co-pilot became temporarily alarmed and notified air traffic controllers.
A controller told him to consider declaring an emergency.
A radio recording from the website LiveATC.net shows the captain eventually got himself free from the toilet. He told controllers there was no threat.
