France A332 near Shannon on Oct 20th 2019, hello, it's me

Last Update: October 20, 2019 / 20:11:02 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 20, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-136

Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Aircraft Registration
F-GZCI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

An Air France Airbus A330-200, registration F-GZCI performing flight AF-136 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA), was enroute at FL360 about 240nm northwest of Shannon (Ireland) about to enter the Oceanic crossing when the crew decided to turn around and divert to Shannon reporting an unidentified mobile phone on board, that was not claimed by any passenger. The aircraft landed safely on Shannon's runway 06 about an hour later.

The phone was removed from the aircraft, the aircraft was refueled and continued to Chicago where the aircraft is estimated to arrive with a delay of about 3.5 hours.

Local Authorities reported the phone was x-rayed and found safe. It was subsequently returned to the crew. It is suspected the phone, that had been wedged down between seats, had been lost by a passenger on one of the previous flights and had not been noticed during cleaning of the aircraft.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 20, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-136

Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Aircraft Registration
F-GZCI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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