There are all kinds of reasons that flights divert, though this has to be one of the more unusual ones, as reported by The Aviation Herald.
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The level of stupidity keeps climbing. It shows plane wasn’t properly cleaned at all otherwise the iPad would have been found after prior flight. Also, it is time for planes to have some sort of way to dispose things like this while flying. Place the stupid iPad on a box or something and eject it from the plane while in air. Same goes to lithium batteries, etc… Just let it off from the plane and stop disrupting the travel of hundreds of passengers.
You are living proof of your statement.
"The level of stupidity keeps climbing."
"Place the stupid iPad on a box or something and eject it from the plane while in air."
The best diversion was the AF one a few years ago when they found a vibrator in the lavatory. I can only imagine those announcements, "Who left their vibrator in the lavatory? You must claim it now or we will divert to Reykjavik!"
Diverting from LIS to OPO just doesn't make any sense in a situation like this, how much flight time did that save?
Can't we insert a little bit of risk-weighting judgement into these ridiculous decisions? If an iPad was already on the plane all the way from Paris to Porto and nothing happened, what the likelihood that it's something malicious and landing 20 min earlier in Porto is necessary versus continuing just a bit farther to the intended destination? How about we wait for one iPad bomb to be shown to have taken down a plane before we panic over every single lost device? If I'm on that plane, I'm willing to make that bet, honestly.
Watches have helped blow up planes along with what appeared to be a bottle of contact solution. That's why they divert over an Ipad.
"Place the stupid iPad on a box or something and eject it from the plane while in air."
I felt second hand embarrassment reading that. There is no physical passage between the cabin and outside while the cabin is pressurized. Not to mention other stuff like the iPad being ingested by an engine, hitting a control surface, hitting another aircraft, hitting someone or something on the ground, polluting the land where it lands, etc.
Esk, bro you are supposed to nice to other people who post herein.
There is no need to be such a droll critic.
It is clear that you are missing the TD target for your rhetoric.
Rather than concentrating on ridiculing people all of the time, why not give the readership the benefit of your aviation experience.
Is it a case of mind over matter?
You don’t mind and the readership doesn’t matter?
Do try to be nice bro, have some respect for Ben’s website and those who are here to benefit from it, yes?
Uncle, your four word post …. what does it actually mean?
What are you trying to say?
If you do not understand why an aircraft might be diverted to an alternate location, why not ask the question?
Please remember that there is no such thing as a stupid question …. only stupid answers!
Eric, you are making some very valid points about the situation, however, perhaps you are overlooking one little known fact.
Since 9/11, many countries have a dedicated airfield, capable of handling all sorts of terrorist incidents.
That location is never going to be a major aviation hub for the obvious reasons, e.g: to minimise the disruption to the otherwise unaffected passengers, etc.
The first responders, anti-terrorist authorities, etc, are probably based at OPO.
I hope this helps?
So, now every single item left on a plane better be grounds for landing immediately, huh?