Indigo A320 near Chennai on Sep 23rd 2016, Galaxy 2 smoke
Last Update: September 23, 2016 / 15:50:00 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 23, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Indigo Airlines
Flight number
6E-54
Departure
Singapore, Singapore
Destination
Chennai, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-IAQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
India's DGCA confirmed a smartphone Lithium Battery had suffered a thermal runaway. The occurrence is being investigated.
The airline reported a number of passengers noticed the smell of smoke and alerted cabin crew, cabin crew identified the source of minor smoke in the overhead locker above seat 23C, alerted the flight crew, used a fire extinguisher to put the fire out and transferred the phone into a water filled container located in a lavatory. The phone was identified to be a Galaxy Note 2.
Galaxy Note 7 smartphones have been called back by Samsung due to several thermal runaways of their batteries and high probability of further such events, several civil aviation authorities have banned the use or charging of such phones on board of aircraft.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 23, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Indigo Airlines
Flight number
6E-54
Departure
Singapore, Singapore
Destination
Chennai, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-IAQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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