Former Newcastle United striker Faustino Asprilla handed an aircraft pilot a bottle so he would not have to leave his co-pilot alone if he needed to go to the toilet mid-flight . The Colombian-born football star was after boarding a flight in Moscow when he approached the flight deck . He told his 102,000 followers on Instagram that he expressed his fears to the pilot as a result of the recent Germanwings tragedy where pilot Andreas Lubitz crashed his jet into the Alps . Former Newcastle striker Faustino Asprilla ( left ) claims he ordered a pilot to remain in cockpit during flight . Sitting on an aircraft , Asprilla told his followers : ' I went to the pilot 's cabin . I strictly forbid the pilot to get out and urinate because if that other lunatic locks the door in , it will happen what happened in that other flight . Everyone knows . 'If he wants to urinate , I have him an empty bottle of water . ' Asprilla played for Newcastle United between 1996 and 1998 , although manager Kenny Dalglish had problems with the Colombian 's playboy lifestyle . Earlier , Asprilla tweeted a photograph of himself looking nervous in an airport departure lounge with an aircraft over his shoulder . Faustino Asprilla told his 100,000 Instagram followers that he warned an airline pilot against taking a mid-flight toilet break during his recent flight . The former Newcastle United star gave the pilot a bottle instead . Asprilla joined Newcastle from Italian club Parma and returned after his two-year stay on Tyneside . However , the club is facing serious problems , having been officially declared bankrupt while their chairman Giampietro Maneti was arrested for money laundering . The club faces debts of £60 million . Asprilla posted a photograph on Twitter looking nervous before boarding the flight .
Faustino Asprilla posed looking nervous in the departure lounge . He told his Instagram followers that he warned the pilot about toilet breaks . Asprilla claimed he gave the pilot an empty water bottle for emergencies . The airline said it was investigating whether there were any safety issues with this incident, but did not elaborate.