It has emerged that an Apple iPad caused an emergency landing on a Transavia flight between Paris Orly and Lisbon, resulting in a diversion to Porto.
Information has been released following the incident at hand.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
Transavia Flight TO7646 – Paris to Lisbon…
Transavia flight TO7646, which performed the emergency landing into Porto due to an iPad, is a routine scheduled flight between Paris and Lisbon.
Furthermore, the aircraft involved in the incident was F-HTVP.
As per data from Planespotters.net, F-HTVP is a 11.8 year old Boeing 737-800 that first started out life with Jet Airways in July 2013.
By May 2020, Transavia France took delivery of the aircraft.
Of the 737-800 variant, the airline has 68 of them in their French subsidiary.
Within the 68, all but two are in active service, with an average fleet age of 11.7 years.
Transavia flight TO7646, which performed the emergency landing into Porto due to an iPad, departed Paris Orly at 1544 local time on April 10, bound for Lisbon.
Everything was normal in the flight until they entered Portuguese airspace.
All of a sudden, the aircraft performed a rapid descent, declared an emergency and diverted to Porto.
After around an hour and 50 minutes in the air, the Boeing 737-800 landed safely into the Portuguese airport without further incident.
Why Did an iPad Cause An Emergency Landing into Porto?
For Transavia flight TO7646 Paris-Lisbon to make an emergency landing into Porto due to an iPad has a good reason.
It is understood that no one took ownership of the device, which prompted concern by crew onboard.
Digital equipment can be used in the worst case as a bomb.
We have seen this over the years via the following accidents:
- Air India Flight 182 – Bomb hidden in a radio tuner.
- Pan Am Flight 103 – Bomb hidden in a radio recorder.
- Avianca Flight 203 – Bomb hidden in a pair of headphones.
- Philippine Airlines Flight 434 – Bomb hidden in a wrist watch.
With this in mind, the crew did the correct thing and declare an emergency.
This is due to the fact there was no way to tell whether the iPad onboard Transavia Flight TO7646 Paris-Lisbon was a threat to the aircraft.
It is better to make an emergency diversion into an airport like Porto to ensure proper checks are made.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to this incident, then we will update you accordingly.
