Pilot Mistakenly Triggers Hijack Alert, Causes Lockdown at Schiphol Airport

A plane was put on lockdown at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport after a pilot accidentally triggered the hijack alert.

Twitter reports suggested that men with knives were attempting to take control of the plane, which was an AirEurope flight headed to Madrid.

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However, it was later confirmed that the alert was a mistake, but not before Dutch police were on the scene milling about in the airport and crowds of people were cordoned off behind a curtain, according to a report in The Sun.

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Unfortunately, it is not the first time a pilot has made an error that caused panic for air travelers.

Earlier this year, passengers were sent into a panic after a British Airways pilot airlines/passengers-panic-after-pilot-deploys-oxygen-masks-by-mistake.html” target=”_self” rel=”nofollow noopener noreferrer”>deployed the oxygen masks by mistake.