Plane is forced to return home two hours into its flight after passenger loses their phone on-board
Daily MailAn AirFrance plane has been forced to return home just two hours into its flight after a passenger lost their phone mid-air. The plane, flying from Paris to Pointe-a-Pitre in Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean, on Friday, was force to turn its 375 passengers and 12 crew members back to France around a quarter of the way into the flight. Data from FlightRadar24 revealed that the plane looped once off the west coast of France before flying back to Paris' Orly airport, where it began its journey. AirPlusNews reported that it came a month after the same plane was made to turn back after a passenger dropped their phone into air vent, massively increasing the risk of a fire. The plane, flying from Paris to Pointe-a-Pitre in Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean, on Friday, was force to turn its 375 passengers and 12 crew members back to France Data from FlightRadar24 revealed that the plane looped once off the west coast of France before flying back to Paris' Orly airport, where it began its journey it comes a month after a power bank exploded on an AirAsia flight mid-air, sending passengers into panic.
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