HOKKAIDO –
A cellular battery in a passenger’s carry-on baggage started emitting smoke aboard a world flight earlier than departure from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, delaying the aircraft by one hour and 40 minutes however inflicting no accidents.
A crew member alerted firefighters at round 1:50 p.m. after smoke was detected coming from the battery contained in the plane.
According to Hokkaido Airports and different officers, the incident occurred aboard Thai Lion Air Flight 393, which had been scheduled to depart for Bangkok at 1:40 p.m.
Ten firefighting models had been dispatched, and the hearth was extinguished by personnel on the scene about half-hour later.
Some of the contents of the passenger’s baggage had been burned, briefly inflicting alarm contained in the plane, however not one of the 122 passengers and crew members was injured.
The incident didn’t have an effect on different flights, and Flight 393 ultimately took off one hour and 40 minutes not on time.
Source: 北海道ニュースUHB