Even as the Pathankot terrorist attack ran into its third day yesterday, an Istanbul-bound flight was grounded at Mumbai airport after an abandoned iPhone was found on the aircraft, raising a security threat. Neither cleaning staff nor security officials who had checked the aircraft had spotted it earlier. After the passengers were deplaned, the phone was checked and declared harmless, and the flight took off over 4.5 hours after the original scheduled time.

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