Berlin A321 near Bordeaux on Dec 26th 2015, battery goes smoking
Last Update: December 28, 2015 / 21:54:25 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 26, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Berlin
Flight number
AB-2346
Departure
Dusseldorf, Germany
Destination
Las Palmas, Spain
Aircraft Registration
D-ABCA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
A replacement Airbus A321-200 registration D-ABCQ was dispatched to Bordeaux and reached Las Palmas with a delay of 6 hours.
The airline confirmed a passenger was charging his external smartphone battery pack, when the battery emitted smoke prompting cabin crew to discharge a Halon fire extinguisher and subsequently put the battery into a metal container, the battery was disposed of in Bordeaux. The charger was being used legally. The airline strongly advises passengers to always put such equipment into the hand luggage in order to detect possible smoke development in time, cabin crew are trained to deal with such a scenario.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 26, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Berlin
Flight number
AB-2346
Departure
Dusseldorf, Germany
Destination
Las Palmas, Spain
Aircraft Registration
D-ABCA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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