Plane taken apart after passenger drops mobile phone
21.10.09
Passengers about to take a flight to Newcastle Airport were delayed for 3 hours in Spain while the plane was partially dismantled after a passenger dropped his mobile phone into an air vent. The Jet2 flight had just landed at Murcia Airport when a passenger dropped the phone, which slid out of sight. As it had been turned on, airport bosses refused to allow the plane to take off until it was found.
The holidaymakers were delayed for 3 hours on Sunday while the cockpit area and front 3 rows of seats were taken apart and then put back together. A spokesman for Jet2 said: ‘Whilst it was inconvenient that our passengers had to wait for us to retrieve the phone, any mobile that is switched on would need to be removed from the aircraft in order to ensure the safety for our passengers.'
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