Coffee 'hijacks' flight

A US jet was forced to make an emergency landing after a pilot spilled a cup of coffee.

A US jet was forced to make an emergency landing after a pilot spilled a cup of coffee.

The aeroplane was on its way from Chicago in the US to Frankfurt in Germany, but diverted to Toronto after the pilot dropped his hot drink on some of the plane’s equipment, causing it to send out a ‘7500 Code’ - which denotes a hijacking.

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