Flight Delayed After Crew Stuck in Airport Elevator

The incident happened at Birmingham Airport in the U.K.; image courtesy of Birmingham Airport via Facebook.

A Qatar Airways flight was delayed January 2 after the pilot and crew members got stuck inside an airport elevator for more than 3 h, Business Insider reports. The crew members of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that was due to take off from Birmingham Airport in the U.K. became stuck in one of the airport’s temporary elevators. Six people were trapped inside the elevator when firefighters arrived on the scene. A contractor couldn’t get the elevator working, so the fire service had to remove a panel to let the crew out. The source reports that the two temporary elevators at Birmingham Airport, which have been in use since last summer, have been taken out of service, and the cause of the system failure is being investigated.

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