Flames Erupt From Overhead Bin As Flight Attendants Douse Battery Fire, Jet Diverts | NYGazet

Smoke poured from an overhead bin after a lithium battery caught fire on board, sending passengers scrambling as flight attendants rushed in with extinguishers. The crew contained the blaze and the jet diverted safely after the dramatic in-cabin emergency.

Air China flight CA139, an Airbus A321-232 from Hangzhou, China was enroute to Seoul when smoke started coming out of an overhead bin. Then flames appeared. This was the result of a lithium-ion battery in a passenger’s carry-on bag that had gone into... [1598 chars]