India, April 28 -- A Wizz Air flight was delayed by 88 minutes on Friday after staff mistakenly accused passengers of stealing a security guard's mobile phone, resulting in a tense standoff on the tarmac at London Luton Airport, reported People. The flight was set to depart at 3:10 PM, heading for the Albanian capital of Tirana, but passengers were told the plane would not take off due to a missing phone.

According to cabin crew, CCTV footage had allegedly shown a passenger taking the phone at the airport, prompting the crew to inform passengers that they would not be allowed to leave until the phone was recovered. An announcement made just before the flight's scheduled departure stated: "We know the phone is on board, now we should leav...