Police hold up flight after false phone-theft accusation

Police boarded a Wizz Air flight and passengers were held on the tarmac for nearly 90 minutes after staff wrongly accused passengers of nicking a security guard’s mobile phone.

Wizz Air flight W95004 was due to fly from London Luton to the Albanian capital Tirana at 15.10 today.

However passengers were told the plane was going nowhere as CCTV footage apparently showed a passenger swiping a phone in the airport.

The plane was delayed from take-off by 88 minutes due to the saga, which ended after cabin crew said there was in fact 'no item' on the plane.