Pilot error sparks hijacking scare


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Flight VN1266 was forced to make an emergency landing in Hanoi late yesterday afternoon when the cabin started to depressurise and oxygen masks dropped.

But while alerting Noi Bai airport staff in Hanoi the pilot incorrectly activated the hijacking alarm instead of the general emergency warning.

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The codes are the same apart from one digit, with 7500 alerting ground crews to ? unlawful interference? while 7700 means a general emergency.

The mistake sent ground staff into a panic, as they prepared for a hijacking scenario in the belief someone had forced their way into the cockpit.

It was corrected about three minutes later and the Airbus A321-200 landed safely without injury to the 140 people on board.

Vietnam Airlines has issued a statement clarifying there was no hijacking but a technical issue with the aircraft.

The country?s Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation Authority have both announced investigations into the incident.

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