British Airways B788 near Irkutsk on Aug 21st 2015, smartphone disobeys no smoking instruction
Last Update: August 21, 2015 / 12:48:59 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 21, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-18
Departure
Seoul, South Korea
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-ZBJG
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
The aircraft remained on the ground for almost three hours then was able to continue the journey and is estimated to reach London with a delay of 3 hours.
Russian Authorities reported that a passenger accidentally dropped his smartphone between the seats, the smartphone subsequently was exposed to large pressure resulting in the battery being squashed and suffering a thermal runaway.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 21, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-18
Departure
Seoul, South Korea
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-ZBJG
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
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