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Former Toon Ace Faustino Asprilla barred a pilot from using the toilet as he feared another air disaster, writes the Mirror.

In the wake of the Germanwings tragedy, Asprilla shared a video with his 259,000 Twitter followers where he claims to have asked the pilot not to leave the cockpit.

He said he didn’t want the co-pilot left alone.

The Colombian, 45, filmed himself telling followers he would not let the pilot use the toilet and added he gave him a bottle to use instead.

In the video, filmed during a flight to Moscow, Asprilla can be heard saying: “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 gave him an empty bottle of water.”

Colombian born Asprilla was a flamboyant striker who played for Newcastle United between 1996 and 1998.

And it is not the first time he has been involved in controversy.

In December last year, Asprilla was forced to flee his home town in Colombia after masked men entered his home seeking extortion money.

The Colombian international revealed that his entire family was threatened by the men, who claimed they would kill his family if he didn’t cough up the cash.