A Hawaiian Airlines flight declared an emergency after a passenger's phone got stuck in a seat and produced an 'electric

Source: Business Insider

A Hawaiian Airlines flight declared an emergency after a passenger's phone got stuck in a seat and produced an 'electrical smell'

Pete Syme
Wed, April 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM EDT 2 min read

•Hawaiian Airlines Flight 457 declared an emergency due to a device stuck in a seat.
• After a priority landing in Tokyo, the airline was able to remove the mobile device.
• Trapped devices pose fire risks, and similar incidents have led to flight diversions before.

Another flight had a precarious moment when a passenger's device got stuck in a seat.

Hawaiian Airlines Flight 457 was traveling from Honolulu to Tokyo on Monday.

Partway through the journey, flight attendants noticed an "electrical smell" in the cabin, an airline spokesperson told Business Insider.

They added that it was "coming from a guest's mobile device that became lodged in a seat."

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