ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140123
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| Date: | Friday 25 November 2011 |
| Time: | 10:42 LT |
| Type: |  Saab 340B |
| Owner/operator: | Rex Airlines |
| Registration: | VH-PRX |
| MSN: | 340B-303 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | YLIS |
| Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Regional Express (Rex) flight ZL319 operating from Lismore Airport - YLIS, NSW, to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport - YSSY, NSW, had an occurrence during the landing, when a passenger’s iPhone started emitting a significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied by a red glow.
In accordance with company standard safety procedures, the Flight Attendant carried out recovery actions immediately and the red glow was extinguished successfully.
All passengers and crew on board were unharmed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Science%2Band%2BTech/Story/A1Story20111128-313139.html
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2011/aair/ao-2011-149.aspx
http://www.rex.com.au/MediaRelease/Files/295_MR20111125%20-%20Mobile%20Phone%20Self%20Combustion.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Nov-2011 02:38 | harro | Added |
| 29-Nov-2011 02:17 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2011 15:48 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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