Litium battery thermal event Incident Boeing 737-86N (WL) B-221M,
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Date:Tuesday 1 March 2022
Time:c. 10:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic B738 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 737-86N (WL)
Owner/operator:9 Air
Registration: B-221M
MSN: 43411/5773
Year of manufacture:2016
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 105
Aircraft damage: None
Location:Changsha Huanghua International Airport (CSX/ZGHA), Hunan -   China
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN/ZGGG)
Destination airport:Yichang Airport (YIH/ZHYC)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
A 9 air Boeing 737-86N (WL), performing flight JYH1305, diverted to Changsha Huanghua International Airport (CSX/ZGHA), Hunan, and made a safe emergency landing after a lithium battery in a suitcase reportedly suffered a thermal runaway.
A photo circulating on Chinese social media show a suitcase with a hole and blackened area.
All passengers were evacuated.

Sources:

https://www.tellerreport.com/life/2022-03-01-jiuyuan-airlines-responded-to-the-emergency-landing-of-the-flight-in-changsha--all-passengers-were-evacuated-safely-when-there-was-a-fire-in-the-air.B1wm2-Voxc.html
https://www.newsweek.com/plane-emergency-landing-fire-cargo-hold-china-9air-1683510?piano_t=1#slideshow/1992851
https://www.shine.cn/news/nation/2203012536/
https://www.sohu.com/a/526328089_121019331
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/aq1305#2afa8ae2

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Mar-2022 10:30 gerard57 Added
01-Mar-2022 10:45 gerard57 Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Source]
01-Mar-2022 11:01 RobertMB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
01-Mar-2022 19:54 harro Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative]

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