Camera phone shot leads to plane turning around and landing

A chartered Belair plane on it's way from Zurich to the Dominican Republic, turned around after 4 hours of flight time, after someone from the ground took a picture with a camera phone of a piece of metal falling from the plane as it took off from the airport.

The incident was confirmed by Zurich's Kloten airport, and was reported in the Sunday print version of the Swiss daily Le Matin.

After the plane landed and was inspected, the technicians found nothing amiss and a metal piece was not found on the ground either. The passengers spent the night in a hotel before flying out again the next day.

emily | 4:35 PM | Citizens as Camera Phone Reporters |
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