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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Ella Doyle

Southwest pilot dangles out of cockpit to try and reach passenger’s phone

@SouthwestAir

A pilot for Southwest Airlines reached out of his plane’s cockpit to retrieve a passenger’s phone.

The pilot, who was flying out of Long Beach Airport in California, US, was just about to begin moving down the runway in preparation for take off, when he was alerted that a passenger had left their phone outside of the plane.

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