The shocking reason why you must alert a flight attendant if you drop your phone down the seat
Misplacing your phone or passport before takeoff can be enough to make anyone's heart race with panic. But before you dive into a frantic search, there's one crucial piece of advice airlines want passengers to know: if your phone falls down the side of your seat, alert a flight attendant immediately. While it may seem like a minor inconvenience, losing your phone on a plane actually becomes a serious safety concern - and there's a terrifying yet rational reason behind it. Losing your phone on a plane actually becomes a serious safety concern - as lithium-ion batteries, which power most of our devices, including smartphones, pose a significant risk This is why passengers are now advised to notify the cabin crew immediately if their phone slips between the seats. The remains of a mobile phone which caught fire after getting crushed by the seat mechanism on a British Airways Dreamliner plane, sparking a fire alert on a flight from Miami to Heathrow In 2023, the CAA issued a warning to passengers to pack lithium batteries, including those in phones, power banks, and spare batteries, in their carry-on baggage, not checked luggage, to avoid the risk of fire.
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