What does it cost to charge a phone...

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

What a fcuking dumbass would charge their cellphone in the lavatory of an airplane and leave it there? Will they charge this person for the cost of the emergency landing and other associated cost?

Delta jet lands in Dublin bomb scare after passenger leaves cell phone charging in restroom

By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, April 16, 3:14 PM

DUBLIN — A Delta Air Lines flight bound for the United States made an emergency landing Monday in Dublin because a passenger left a cell phone plugged into a socket in one of the aircraft’s restrooms, police and aviation authorities said.

Dublin Airport officials later cleared the Boeing 767-300 traveling from Istanbul, Turkey, to continue its journey to New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport after determining that the suspected bomb was just an unattended mobile phone and charger.

Irish Aviation Authority spokeswoman Lilian Cassin said the pilot requested an emergency landing, the aircraft landed without incident and was diverted to an isolated corner of the runway.

Ireland’s national police force, the Garda Siochana, said officers boarded the plane, spoke to the pilot about the nature of the suspected bomb, and asked any passenger missing their phone to come forward.

It was determined that the passenger had decided to charge the phone using the restroom’s socket for shavers and left it there, wrapped up in its charging cord, and another passenger using the restroom reported it might be a bomb.

Police said nobody was hurt or arrested because of Monday’s security alert, and the Dublin Airport Authority said no other flights were affected.

Delta spokesman Anthony Black said the aircraft had 208 passengers and 11 crew members. He said the aircraft was refueled to continue its journey later Monday.

[mawilson 2,133]

A better question is what kind of dumbass would mistake a cell phone and charger for a bomb.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

A better question is what kind of dumbass would mistake a cell phone and charger for a bomb.

Bombs tend to come in all shapes and forms. Some are said to have been implanted in shoes or underwear. Wanna chare your phone on the plane? Fine. Talk to the crew and I'm sure they'll help you get it done.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Good God. We are truly becoming a paranoid society of sheep when we're landing planes over a damn cell phone on a charger.

Idiocracy isn't such a far fetched movie these days...

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

What a fcuking dumbass would charge their cellphone in the lavatory of an airplane and leave it there? Will they charge this person for the cost of the emergency landing and other associated cost?

I hope they nail that person. I'm so sick and tired of idiot people and cell phones.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Bombs tend to come in all shapes and forms. Some are said to have been implanted in shoes or underwear. Wanna chare your phone on the plane? Fine. Talk to the crew and I'm sure they'll help you get it done.

If we are going to continue this course of logic, we all better yell bomb when we see someone using an iPhone or a laptop on a plane.

[mawilson 2,133]

If we are going to continue this course of logic, we all better yell bomb when we see someone using an iPhone or a laptop on a plane.

Yeah, seriously. It's not like it's illegal to have phones on a plane.

[Marilyn. 340]

I think the issue was that it was left unattended.. doesn't airport secruity have issues with anything that is left unattended, luggage etc?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Cell phones, parents with heathen children who act like animals, drunks, and no leg space...not to mention the idiots who lay back their seats. All this ####### should go to make flying more enjoyable for the rest of us.