Royal Philippines A320 near Hong Kong on Feb 19th 2024, battery thermal runaway

Last Update: February 21, 2024 / 16:02:49 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 19, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Royal Air Philippines

Flight number
RW-602

Departure
Caticlan, Philippines

Destination
Shanghai Pudong, China

Aircraft Registration
RP-C9799

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Royal Air Philippines Airbus A320-200, registration RP-C9799 performing flight RW-602 from Caticlan (Philippines) to Shanghai Pudong (China), was enroute at FL340 about 145nm east of Hong Kong (China) when the crew decided to divert to Hong Kong reporting a passenger's power bank had suffered a thermal runaway, there was smoke in the cabin. The aircraft landed safely on Hong Kong's runway 07L about 35 minutes after leaving FL340.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Hong Kong for about 2:15 hours, then continued the flight and reached Shanghai with a delay of about 3:20 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 19, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Royal Air Philippines

Flight number
RW-602

Departure
Caticlan, Philippines

Destination
Shanghai Pudong, China

Aircraft Registration
RP-C9799

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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