China Eastern A332 near Wuhan on Aug 14th 2023, power bank began to smoke

Last Update: August 15, 2023 / 17:03:03 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 14, 2023

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MU-6958

Departure
Lhasa, China

Aircraft Registration
B-5930

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

A China Eastern Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration B-5930 performing flight MU-6958 from Lhasa to Shanghai Pudong (China), was enroute at 10,700 meters (about FL351) about 130nm west of Wuhan (China) when the crew decided to divert to Wuhan reporting a passenger's power bank had started to emit smoke having fallen between seats and being crushed. Cabin crew disassembled the first class seats, recovered the device, cooled it and put it into a secure container. The aircraft landed safely in Wuhan about 23 minutes later.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Wuhan for about 17 hours, then positioned to Shanghai and resumed service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 14, 2023

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MU-6958

Departure
Lhasa, China

Aircraft Registration
B-5930

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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