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Turkish plane returns from runway after unclaimed mobile found

January 04, 2016 14:29 IST
Source:PTI

An Istanbul-bound flight of Turkish Airlines carrying 332 passengers on board was called back from the runway at Mumbai airport on Monday morning after an 'unclaimed' mobile phone was found on a seat of the Boeing 777 plane, delaying the take off by over four hours.

The Boeing 777-300ER plane, which was scheduled to take off for Istanbul at 6.50 am, left for its destination at around 11.30 am, sources said.

"Turkish Airlines' Bombay-Istanbul flight (TK721, Boeing 777-300ER Aircraft, carrying 332 passengers) has returned to parking area in Mumbai after push-back due to an unidentified cell phone found onboard," Turkish Airlines senior vice president for media relations Ali Genc said in a statement.

He said the plane continued its flight to Istanbul after necessary security checks were carried out.

The aircraft was brought back to the bay after a mobile phone was found on one of the seats and all the passengers were deplaned for a thorough frisking.

“Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul was called back from the runway at Mumbai airport after a suspicious object was found in the aircraft,” a MumbaiAirport spokesperson had said earlier.

Source: PTI
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