Key Pad Entry News Today

Door screaming, for gods sake let me back in. here is kyung lah. >> reporter: the switch is surprisingly simple and exists in the cockpit of every single commercial plane thats flying around the world. he cannot imagine why a pilot would do this. but he knows how. a commercial retired pilot forsythe has flown thousands of hours. >> normal lock and unlock. >> reporter: he like all pilots has used the switch hundreds of time. >> to unlock you have to pull up and hold it and a light comes on saying...

Cockpit of every commercial plane flying around the world. he cannot imagine why a pilot would do this but he knows how. a retired military and commercial pilot, he says hes flown thousands of hours in the a 320 cockpit, one of the safest high-tech passenger jets use around the world. he like all pilots has used the switches hundreds of times. >> unlock you pull up and hold it. a light comes on and says cockpit is open. if i release, it goes back to normal position. >> norm is locked. >> thats c...

Door is open. if i release it it goes back to normal position. >> norm means its locked. >> norm is locked. >> reporter: according an airbus operations video theres a key pad entry on the outside that allows entry if you know the code. if the person inside the cockpit switches it to lock, the key pad wont work for five minutes. theres another override that goes beyond five minutes. >> i can also override the key pad and hold it in the lock position and now he cannot use the key pad or enter the ...