An entire cabin crew was suspended after a passenger tracked their missing phone to a hotel that airline staff had been staying in.
Michael Tjendara claimed his device had been stolen while travelling from Indonesia's capital Jakarta to Melbourne on Garuda Indonesia flight GA716 on June 6.
Mr Tjendara said he had placed it in the backseat pocket before moving seats after takeoff and then returning to his old seat to find the device was gone.
He detailed the theft on his Instagram account and shared a series of screenshots of the Find My iPhone feature.
They showed he had traced the device to a location near the Southbank Promenade.
