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posted by: Kavya Mishra
Last updated: July 17, 2023, at 23:23 IST
File photo of an Air India plane. (file photo: PTI)
An airline official said that a passenger’s mobile phone charger was malfunctioning. Moreover, the airline official said that the passenger noticed the mobile phone overheating and alerted the cabin crew
An Air India flight bound for Delhi from Udaipur returned to the Gulf after a short slump on Monday due to an issue with a passenger’s mobile phone charger malfunctioning, according to officials.
An official said AI Flight 470 was delayed by at least an hour and later took off for Delhi.
An airline official said that a passenger’s mobile phone charger was malfunctioning. Moreover, the airline official said that the passenger noticed the mobile phone overheating and alerted the cabin crew.
After that, the plane, which had retreated, turned back, as a precaution to ensure the safety of the passengers.
However, an official at Udaipur airport said there appeared to be smoke on board the plane and it later turned back after being fended off.
While the exact sequence of development could not be immediately verified, reports claimed that there was a problem with a passenger’s power bank.
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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