Why a plane turned around when a passenger lost a phone midflight

Re:Why a plane turned around when a passenger lost a phone m... by TrainedMonkey on Sunday March 30, 2025 @04:24PM (#43527318)

I see a warning about rechargeable batteries in checked in luggage almost every time I check into a flight. I wonder what explains our difference of experiences. Maybe it's the fact that I mostly do electronic checkins vs just showing up at luggage drop off.

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Re:Why a plane turned around when a passenger lost a phone m... by girvo on Sunday March 30, 2025 @06:16PM (#43528239)

Luggage drop-off asks the same question, here in Australia anyway

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Re:Why a plane turned around when a passenger lost a phone m... by kiwijamo on Sunday March 30, 2025 @09:22PM (#43529681)

I also see this every time I check in for my Air NZ and Jetstar flights here in New Zealand. But I suspect like many I just by habit press 'No, I don't have any hazardous things to declare.' to move to the next stage of the check in process as quickly as possible! There are also signs and stickers on check in desks for those checking in manually -- but not sure how good the agents are at bringing people's attention to that.

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