Turkish jet called back from Mumbai airport runway over unclaimed phone

A Turkish Airlines flight scheduled to fly to Istanbul was called back from a runway at the Mumbai airport on Monday after an unclaimed mobile phone was spotted in the aircraft before take-off.

The passengers on board the aircraft were evacuated and were frisked again after being allowed back into the jet.

“The flight was about to take off when it was called back due to security threat,” a passenger on board the Mumbai-Istanbul flight told Hindustan Times.

The take-off of the flight was rescheduled for 11.30am after security teams cleared it.