ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 194210
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| Date: | Sunday 19 February 2017 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-243 |
| Owner/operator: | Air China |
| Registration: | B-6075 |
| MSN: | 785 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 772-B60 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | over southern Kyushu -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Beijing-Capital Airport (PEK/ZBAA) |
| Melbourne | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A passenger on an international flight from Beijing to Sydney was listening to music using a pair of her own battery-operated headphones. About two hours into the flight while at FL350 over southern Kyushu, Japan, the passenger heard a loud explosion and woke up. “As I went to turn around I felt burning on my face,” she said. “I just grabbed my face which caused the headphones to go around my neck….I continued to feel burning so I grabbed them off and threw them on the floor. They were sparking and had small amounts of fire. As I went to stamp my foot on them the flight attendants were already there with a bucket of water to pour on them. They put them into the bucket at the rear of the plane.”
The battery and cover were both melted and stuck to the floor of the aircraft.
Flight attendants returned to check on her wellbeing. For the remainder of the flight, passengers endured the smell of melted plastic, burnt electronics and burnt hair.
Sources:
https://news.aviation-safety.net/2017/03/14/lithium-battery-explosion-mid-flight-prompts-passenger-warning/
https://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/14/asia/australia-headphone-explosion-flight/index.html
FAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2017 11:17 | harro | Added |
| 15-Mar-2017 11:20 | harro | Updated [Location, Country, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2018 09:08 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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