Police addressed a Wizz Air flight and passengers were arrested in the asphalt for almost 90 minutes on Friday, after the personnel mistakenly accused the passengers of stealing the mobile phone of a security guard.
Wizz Air Flight W95004 had to fly from London Luton to the capital Albana Tirana at 15.10 Yesterday.
However, passengers were told that the plane was not going anywhere, since CCTV images apparently showed a passenger sliding a phone at the airport.
The plane was delayed from takeoff in 88 minutes due to the saga, which ended after the crew of the cabin said that, in fact, there was no article on the plane.
An advertisement made by a member of Cabin Crew just before the plane was scheduled to take off, he said: “We know that the phone is on board, now we should go in two minutes, we cannot do it, for this reason, this is a security problem.
“We cannot have an element that does not belong to anyone on this flight. We cannot leave knowing that there is something that does not belong to this flight.”
A 28 -year -old passenger, who asked not to be appointed, said the staff had called the missing phone and told passengers that they could listen to the plane’s ads when someone picked up, which made them believe that a passenger on board had slipped it.
The passenger said: “You might think that airports would be safer and this would be resolved much faster.
“You are not even safe at Luton airport, somewhere you think it is a safe space.”
Almost an hour after the first announcement, a different member of the crew announced that the staff was looking for CCTV images to find the culprit.
He said: “We still want to give the opportunity of this potential person who made the mistake of bringing it before they find it in the video.
“Once again, please come voluntarily to the front or my colleagues in the back.”
With the phone still missing, the police boarded the plane when angry passengers remained in Luton.
Then, more than an hour after the flight took off, exasperated members of the cabin crew announced to apoplectic passengers that in fact “there was no article” on the plane.
They said: “There is no element in this plane, we are now happy with our security position.
“I appreciate your understanding of this situation. It is also quite new for us, we are doing our best and we will go Tirana very soon.”
Wizz Air and Bedfordshire police have been contacted to comment.
