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A United Airlines flight bound for Italy was later forced to return to the US traveler‘S laptop Dropped through the cabin into the cargo hold of the aircraft.
Flight UA126 from Washington Dulles Rome Fiumicino returned to Virginia on October 15 due to a security risk posed by a lost laptop, which contained a lithium-ion battery.
according to flight Aware data, united The Boeing 767 took off at around 10.22pm local time and was about an hour into its eight-hour journey when the pilots reported a problem.
The laptop was turned over and “fell behind the cabin wall panel and through a small gap leading to the cargo hold”, where it could not be accessed, the airline said.
lithium ion batteries There is a risk on airplanes, because a damaged, overheated, or defective battery can heat uncontrollably and cause a fire.
Since the object contained lithium batteries and was in a section of the cargo hold without a fire suppression system, it was considered a safety risk by the crew.
One air traffic control Recording of incident, per You can see ATC, “Hears a request for the pilot to return as a precaution due to a minor situation with a passenger who had somehow dropped a running laptop down the sidewall in the cargo pit area of the aircraft.”
He adds, “We can’t access it, we can’t see it, so our decision is to return to Dulles and find this laptop before it heads further out to sea.”
“That’s a new short story. I’ve never heard anything like it before”, air traffic control replied.
The plane made a U-turn off the coast of Boston and landed safely at Washington Dulles Airport just two hours after first taking off.
After a three-hour delay in locating the laptop and refueling, the United flight departed to continue its journey to Rome.
An airline spokesperson said Independent: “On October 15, United Flight 126 returned safely to Dulles International Airport as a precaution to remove a customer’s laptop, which had fallen behind the cabin wall panel and through a small gap in the cargo hold. Maintenance crews retrieved the laptop, inspected the aircraft, and the flight later departed for Rome.”
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