During the flight from Egypt, the 180 passengers received a message from the cockpit that every air traveler fears.

"Suddenly the plane changed direction and started to descend," Paul Casterton told The Sun.

An Easyjet flight from the Egyptian tourist resort of Hurghada had come some distance north over the Mediterranean, on its way back to Luton in England, when a voice was heard over the public address system.

“There is something on board that shouldn't be here,” the pilot announced from the cockpit.

The plane veered – and sank.

“Nobody knew what to think. It was hard not to assume the worst,” says Paul Casterton, one of the passengers., to The Sun.

The flight was no longer en route to England. It was diverted for an emergency landing.

”"Thank God it wasn't a bomb"”

Casterton says that the stress on board was high until the plane was able to land at Fiumicino Airport outside Rome.

“Thank God it wasn't a bomb,” says Casterton, explaining that word spread pretty quickly about why the plane had to make an emergency landing.

A common security routine, it turned out. 

A woman on board told the cabin crew that she had her phone connected to a power bank charger in her checked bag. Something, it turned out with desired clarity, that should be avoided – due to the risk of fire.

– The plane was diverted in line with current safety regulations. Safety is our top priority, says Easyjet in a statement to The Sun.

The passengers had to spend the night in a hotel or in the Fiumicino terminal. They could only fly home on a new plane the next day.

Source: Expressen.se