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Business class passenger’s ‘jammed’ iPad forces Lufthansa flight to be diverted

Business class passenger’s ‘jammed’ iPad forces Lufthansa flight to be diverted
The Germany-bound aircraft made an ‘unscheduled stopover’ due to the trapped tablet

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