Why in international flights nowadays if passengers drop electronic devices they are not allowed to look for the devices themselves, but instead they need to inform a flight attendant?

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Why in international flights nowadays if passengers drop electronic devices they are not allowed to look for the devices themselves, but instead they need to inform a flight attendant?

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It’s because there’s sensitive or high voltage electronic equipment under the seat. They don’yt want you to get hurt or damage anything. [Seat electronics.](https://ibb.co/6YKs3Tb) This is under a first class seat. I’m a mechanic and gave been asked to find many different things like rings, airpods, passports etc.