by A flight in France was forced to make a U -turn in the middle of the air after a missing phone triggered security concerns in the cabin.
The AF750 flight from Paris Orly to Pointe-A-Pitre, Guadeloupe, was over an hour in the almost nine-hour trip when a passenger reported a lost cell phone on Friday (March 21).
According to an aviation report, Air France’s flight was at 11:51 a.m. CET in front of Paris before turning over and started with 31,000 feet over the west coast of France.
The crew decided to return the plane to Paris Orly as a “precautionary measure” after the cell phone of a passenger could not be found despite extensive searches, said the outlet.
The Boeing 777-300 with 375 passengers and 12 cabin crews landed safely in the French capital for two hours and 16 minutes after decrease.
According to reports, maintenance teams were deployed to find the missing phone, and the plane went after Guadeloupe only 20 minutes later.
The airline has not yet confirmed why the lost device triggered an emergency return to Paris. Reports that the diversion was due to the dangers associated with lithium-ion batteries.
Lithium-ion batteries that usually occur in smartphones and electricity banks are a fire risk for aircraft and locked cabin rooms when damaged or overheated.
For this reason, you can usually not check electricity banks in your luggage for safety reasons – these only have to be worn in cabin luggage.
The independent contacted Air France for a comment.
This month, South Korea tightened the rules for wearing lithium batteries in aircraft.
Passengers of the South Korean airlines must now keep electricity banks and e-cigarettes in their person and not in overhead cabin tanks.
Devices should also not be charged on board, whereby the batteries and strength limits for batteries are enforced over 160 watt hours.
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