Plane Torn Apart Over Lost Cell Phone
Passengers in Murcia, Spain were held up for three hours as they waited for a flight to Newcastle, England, after a passenger dropped and lost his or her cell phone. The passenger was disembarking the arriving plane when he or she dropped the cell phone and it fell down an air vent. It's not clear from the BBC report whether the passenger saw it fall down the vent or if it simply disappeared from view. Regardless, the pilots decided they couldn't take off until the phone, which was on, was found.
For the next three hours passengers were kept waiting while Jet2 dismantled the cockpit and the front rows of seats in order to find and retrieve a dang cell phone.
Really puts our ex's hissy-fits into perspective. [From: BBC]
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Tom Holzel said 11:22AM on 10-21-2009
Of course this moronic news service is not going to tell you whether they FOUND the cell phone or not. Don't want to over-burden the dim-wit public with too much information...
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tim said 11:34AM on 10-21-2009
Obviously they viewed this as a security threat, since cell phones can trigger explosives. So the airline's behavior makes perfect sense.
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pst2868 said 11:50AM on 10-21-2009
why didn't they call the number of the cell phone? that should give them an idea of where the phone is.
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Jerome said 1:14PM on 10-21-2009
To pst2868;
It is a requirement to turn off cellphones on planes these days.
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Jacki said 1:30PM on 10-21-2009
The article said the phone was turned on.
Jerome said 2:13PM on 10-21-2009
Sorry, I thought this was the article. I didn't realise that this was just a very vague write-up based on a real article. I did not read the actual article, as I wasn't even aware of it.
This bit is awful. There were no significant details mentioned here. I am with Tom Holzel on this. Why would someone waste their time writing about this event, if they are just going to leave out answers for common sense details?
What a waste!
inthewolvesden said 1:34PM on 10-21-2009
a cell phone that is ON can mess with a plane's electronics, so it seems to me that this was a safety issue. besides, we've all flown, we know that an airline doesn't care about a passenger to delay a plane out of kindness.
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Noah said 10:06PM on 10-23-2009
That's a common misconception, but it is incorrect. Cell phones do not interfere with airplane electronics. I'm not aware of the reason behind why the FAA and airlines insist on telling people this is the reason for their "no cell-phones" policy.
far said 11:48PM on 10-23-2009
why there's the no cellphone policy is because they want you to not make calls in the middle of the night. it would disturb passengers and also, how would services charge for that? long distance?
and if you really need to talk, you have the expensive in-plane phone. they want you to use that.
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