Algerie B738 near Lyon on Jul 3rd 2014, unattended luggage

An Air Algerie Boeing 737-800, registration 7T-VJM performing flight AH-1001 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Algiers (Algeria), was enroute at FL350 about 140nm northwest of Lyon (France) when unattended luggage was discovered on board prompting the crew to declare emergency, perform a rapid descent and divert to Lyon, where the aircraft landed safely about 30 minutes later.

The aircraft continued the flight the following day and reached Algiers with a delay of 22 hours.

The airport of Lyon reported the aircraft diverted because of unattended luggage that had been forgotten on board and required the intervention by Authorities.