Flight delayed by cockpit man

A flight was delayed after a man repeatedly asked to enter the cockpit of a plane as it prepared to take off on Monday evening.
A 27-year-old man, believed to be an assistant air traffic controller, requested to sit in the cockpit of the Birmingham-bound flight.

The pilot of the Flybe flight refused to fly from Glasgow Airport.

Strathclyde Police said he returned the aircraft to the stand where police arrested the man, who was later released without charge.

The incident on Monday night caused the flight to be delayed for over an hour.

It is believed the man, who was a passenger on the 1930 GMT Flybe flight, had asked to sit in the jump seat in the cockpit.

This was previously a privilege afforded to some members of air traffic staff prior to recent increases in security measures by airlines.