China Southern A20N at Hangzhou on May 31st 2025, passenger battery and charger emit smoke

Last Update: June 2, 2025 / 17:05:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 31, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CZ-6850

Destination
Shenzhen, China

Aircraft Registration
B-32FV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

A China Southern Airlines Airbus A320-200N, registration B-32FV performing flight CZ-6850 from Hangzhou to Shenzhen (China), was climbing out of Hangzhou's runway 07 when smoke appeared in the back of the cabin, a passenger's camera battery and power bank overheated and emitted smoke. While cabin crew secured the devices the flight crew returned the aircraft to Hangzhou for a safe landing on runway 06 about 15 minutes after departure.

A replacement A320-200 registration B-6680 reached Shenzhen with a delay of about 3.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 6.5 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 31, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CZ-6850

Destination
Shenzhen, China

Aircraft Registration
B-32FV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

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