Hong Kong A320 near Fuzhou on Mar 20th 2025, fire in cabin

Last Update: March 29, 2025 / 09:41:08 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 20, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Hong Kong Airlines

Flight number
HX-115

Departure
Hangzhou, China

Destination
Hong Kong, China

Aircraft Registration
B-LPC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Hong Kong Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration B-LPC performing flight HX-115 from Hangzhou to Hong Kong (China), was enroute at 9200 meters (approx. FL301) about 120nm north of Fuzhou (China) when a fire broke out in one of the overhead bins in the cabin. While cabin crew used fire extinguishers to fight the fire, the flight crew initiated a diversion to Fuzhou. Cabin crew succeeded in extinguishing the fire. The aircraft landed safely on Fuzhou's runway 03 about 30 minutes later.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Fuzhou on Mar 29th 2025.

The airline reported a fire broke out in one of the overhead compartments, which was successfully extinguished.

On Mar 29th 2025 China's CAAC reported the occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated. During cruise an external Romiss charging battery, 20.000mAh, suffered a thermal runaway and spontaneously ignited. Cabin crew in following the according procedures successfully extinguished the fire. The aircraft diverted to Fuzhoe without further incident.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 20, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Hong Kong Airlines

Flight number
HX-115

Departure
Hangzhou, China

Destination
Hong Kong, China

Aircraft Registration
B-LPC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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