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		eqvinox on March 30, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why a plane turned around when a passenger lost a ... Turkish Airlines did exactly that (partially disassemble the seat) on a flight I've been on a little while ago. (Someone lost their phone in a business class seat.) The risks seem to be lower than the ones associated with landing with a device stuck somewhere. What I don't understand is why they don't construct the seats for less chances of things getting lost in them. Some seats have huge holes to lose things in…

burnished on March 30, 2025 [–]

Huge holes are a lower risk since objects simply pass through

eqvinox on March 30, 2025 | [–]

Except these holes open into the seat electromechanics, where moving the seat can easily catch and crush a phone…

(Business class seats can adjust themselves with a person sitting in them, quite sure that's enough force to 'fold' a phone)

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