Southwest B737 near Pensacola on Jun 9th 2021, the slap phone
Last Update: June 11, 2021 / 11:20:09 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 9, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
Southwest Airlines
Flight number
WN-4699
Departure
Dallas Love, United States
Destination
Fort Lauderdale, United States
Aircraft Registration
N445WN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
Passengers reported a man and a woman travelling together had started arguing and the man slapped his cell phone onto the woman, the cell phone subsequently started smouldering. Smoke appeared in the cabin, someone called fire, and cabin crew rushed to action.
The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Pensacola after a dispute between two passengers travelling together resulted in a broken cell phone and smouldered. The phone was put into a containment bag by flight attendants. The two passengers disembarked in Pensacola, the aircraft then continued on to Fort Lauderdale.
The aircraft reached Fort Lauderdale with a delay of 90 minutes.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 9, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
Southwest Airlines
Flight number
WN-4699
Departure
Dallas Love, United States
Destination
Fort Lauderdale, United States
Aircraft Registration
N445WN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
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