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Incident: Wizz A320 near Keflavik on Sep 13th 2017, electronic cigarette smoking

A Wizz Air Airbus A320-200, registration HA-LPK performing flight W6-1898 from Keflavik (Iceland) to Wroclaw (Poland) with 147 people on board, was climbing through FL310 out of Keflavik about 20 minutes into the flight when an electronic cigarette of a passenger began to emit smoke prompting the flight crew to declare emergency and return to Keflavik, while cabin crew secured and cooled the device and stored it into a safe container. The aircraft landed safely back in Keflavik about 40 minutes after departure, emergency services did not need to intervene anymore. The airline reported a device belonging to a passenger began to burn in the cabin. The crew dealt with the device and alerted emergency services, who received the aircraft upon landing. The occurrence is being investigated. The aircraft was able to depart again about 4 hours after the first departure and reached Wroclaw with a delay of 3.5 hours.

 http://avherald.com/h?article=4ae57a7e&opt=0

Date:	13-SEP-2017
Time:	ca 19:25 UTC
Type:	Airbus A320-232
Owner/operator:	Wizz Air
Registration:	HA-LPK
C/n / msn:	3143
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 147
Other fatalities:	0
Airplane damage:	None
Location:	N of Vik -    Iceland
Phase:	En route
Nature:	International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Reykjavík-Keflavík International Airport (KEF/BIKF)
Destination airport:	Wroclaw-Strachowice Airport (WRO/EPWR)

Narrative:
Wizz Air flight W61898 returned to land at Keflavík International Airport, Iceland, after an electronic device had caught fire on board.
The aircraft, an Airbus A320, had departed Keflavík at 19:06 UTC, bound for Wroclaw, Poland.
When just north of Vik, Iceland, while climbing through an altitude of FL310, the decision was made to turn back to Keflavík. A safe landing was made on runway 02 t 19:50 UTC.

Wizz Air stated after the incident: "a device belonging to a passenger started to burn in the cabin....Further details, such as the type of the device, can be revealed after the investigation has been completed. "
Icelandic media stated that it was an electronic cigarette that had caught fire.

E-cigarettes are known to contain lithium batteries, which can be highly flammable under certain conditions.