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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Natalie Wilson

Passenger’s lost phone causes Air France flight to cut short nine-hour journey

Flight AF750 landed back in the French capital two hours and 16 minutes after it had taken off - (Getty Images)

An Air France flight was forced to make a U-turn to Paris mid-air after a missing phone sparked safety concerns in the cabin.

Flight AF750 from Paris Orly to Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, was over an hour into the almost nine-hour journey when a passenger reported a lost mobile phone on Friday (21 March).

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