08/02/2025
On the Boeing 777 type aircraft with 471 passengers on board Air France flight #AF898, a passenger dropped his phone on the grill in the galley. After passing through the grill, the phone finally fell into the cargo area.
The possibility that the lithium battery in the phone may have been damaged during the fall of the phone was evaluated and it was decided to return the flight back to Paris to prevent the risk of fire.
The plane landed in Paris after about 2 hours of flight. The maintenance team removed the passenger’s phone from the cargo hold. After about 2 hours at the airport, the plane took off again.