Asiana A333 enroute on Jan 8th 2026, power bank thermal runaway causes injury

Last Update: January 9, 2026 / 10:39:24 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 8, 2026

Classification
Accident

Flight number
OZ-745

Destination
Hong Kong, China

Aircraft Registration
HL7754

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

An Asiana Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration HL7754 performing flight OZ-745 from Seoul (South Korea) to Hong Kong (China) with 284 people on board, was enroute about 2 hours into the flight when the power bank of a passenger suffered a thermal runaway and caught fire. Cabin crew extinguished the fire and contained the power bank. The passenger owning the device received burns to their hands. The aircraft continued to Hong Kong for a safe landing.

The airline reported the fire was extinguished in 1-2 minutes and the flight continued to Hong Kong for a normal landing.

The occurrence aircraft performed the return flight on schedule.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 8, 2026

Classification
Accident

Flight number
OZ-745

Destination
Hong Kong, China

Aircraft Registration
HL7754

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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