Breeze BCS3 near Albuquerque on Mar 1st 2024, battery thermal runaway

Last Update: March 3, 2024 / 13:03:09 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 1, 2024

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MX-555

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
Pittsburgh, United States

Aircraft Registration
N227BZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A220-300

ICAO Type Designator
BCS3

A Breeze Airways Bombardies C-Series CS-300, registration N227BZ performing flight MX-555 from Los Angeles,CA to Pittsburgh,PA (USA) with 88 people on board, was enroute at FL370 about 150nm northwest of Albuquerque,NM (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Albuquerque reporting a passenger's laptop had caught fire due to thermal runaway of its Lithium Ion Battery. Cabin crew extinguished the fire and secured the laptop. The aircraft landed safely on Albuquerque's runway 08 about 25 minutes after leaving FL370. The owner of the laptop was checked by paramedics at the airport and released.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Albuquerque for about 23 hours, then continued the flight as MX-8555 and reached Pittsburgh with a delay of about 23.5 hours.

The FAA reported they are going to investigate the occurrence.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Manufacturer
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 1, 2024

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MX-555

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
Pittsburgh, United States

Aircraft Registration
N227BZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A220-300

ICAO Type Designator
BCS3

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