Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Attendant Current
Distraction; Situational Awareness; Workload
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Security; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Electronic Device
Company Policy; Staffing; Procedure; Manuals; Human Factors
After deplaning; mechanics were called to retrieve a phone from under a passenger seat. Flight attendants then searched galley carts for the phone; unaware the passenger stayed on board. Flight attendants were told the phone was found; and to leave the aircraft. After landing; Flight Service met the flight; informing us a passenger had been still onboard; for a brief time; without minimum crew.
Air carrier Flight Attendant reported that while searching for a passenger's phone the passenger was left on the plane without the minimum crew required on board.