American MD82 at Chicago on Sep 26th 2013, battery fire in cabin

Last Update: September 27, 2013 / 17:10:28 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 26, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-1159

Aircraft Registration
N493AA

ICAO Type Designator
MD82

An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registration N493AA performing flight AA-1159 from Chicago O'Hare,IL to Saint Louis,MO (USA) with 126 people on board, was climbing through 10,000 feet out of Chicago's runway 22L when the crew reported a fire in the cabin and returned the aircraft to O'Hare Airport for a safe landing on runway 10L about 13 minutes after departure. The crew advised the fire had been extinguished, the camcorder was still smoking, they were able to vacate the runway but needed to stop clear of the runway and get the firefighters on board. The aircraft stopped, shut both engines down, brought the APU up while firefighters entered the cabin and secured the camcorder.

Emergency services reported the aircraft returned due to smoke in the cabin, the Lithium battery of a passenger's camcorder in an overhead bin had set the bag around the camcorder on fire, the fire had been put out by handheld fire extinguishers by cabin crew and the battery was placed into a bucket of cold water.

A replacement MD-83 registration N589AA reached Saint Louis with a delay of 160 minutes.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 26, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-1159

Aircraft Registration
N493AA

ICAO Type Designator
MD82

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