Incident: China Southern A321 at Penang on Dec 23rd 2018, powerbank
did not observe no smoking signs
A China Southern Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration B-6683
performing flight CZ-369 from Penang (Malaysia) to Guangzhou (China), was
climbing out of Penang's runway 04 when the crew stopped the climb at 9000 feet
due to passenger's powerbank, stored in the passenger's luggage in the overhead
locker above seats 43ABC, emitting smoke. Cabin crew donned their smoke hoods
and discharged two fire extinguishers into the overhead locker while the flight
crew returned the aircraft to Penang. Cabin crew managed to put the fire out and
secure the device, the flight crew aborted the first approach at 3000 feet,
entered a hold at 5000 feet, later 7000 feet, to burn off fuel and landed safely
back in Penang about 2:20 hours after departure.
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 10.5 hours, then departed again maintaining a maximum cruise level FL290 and is estimated to reach Guangzhou with a delay of about 13 hours. The burn marks in the overhead locker: |
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