A computer grounded a flight — and it wasn’t one of the control tower’s.
A transatlantic United Airlines flight had to be diverted to Ireland on Sunday when a passenger’s laptop became trapped in a seat, raising safety concerns.
The mile-high mishap reportedly occurred aboard United Flight 12 as it was traveling from Zurich, Switzerland to Chicago, Illinois, a View From The Wing reported.
The trip went south after a business class passenger’s personal computer became lodged in a seat, prompting crew members to try and extract it, but to no avail.


That’s when the pilot decided to divert the Boeing 767 — not because of the…
















