ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233261
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 February 2020 |
| Time: | c. 09:50 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-232 |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N437UA |
| MSN: | 655 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Engine model: | IAE V2527-A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | E of Daytona Beach, FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Newark-Liberty International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) |
| Nassau-Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS/MYNN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
United Airlines flight UA1456, an Airbus A320-200, diverted to Daytona Beach, Florida, USA, after a passenger's lithium battery charger suffered a thermal runaway inside a bag.
The flight departed Newark Airport, NJ, USA, at 07:58 hours local time. It climbed to a cruising altitude of FL360 and proceeded over the Atlantic Ocean towards Nassau, Bahamas.
En route a battery charger caught fire, which was contained to the passenger's bag. The device was put in a fire retardant case until the plane landed safely at Daytona Beach, 30 minutes after the diversion was initiated.
The bag was offloaded and the aircraft continued the flight to Nassau after about an hour.
Sources:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL1456/history/20200226/1245Z/KEWR/KDAB
ASN Safety Issue: Litium battery incidents
Media:
A @united Airbus 320 from Newark, NJ headed to Bahamas made an emergency landing @FlyDAB after this battery charger caught fire during flight. Fire was contained to the passenger's bag, put in fire retardant case until the plane landed safely. No injuries or damages. pic.twitter.com/VhDuuFF8CD
— DaytonaBeach Airport (@FlyDAB) February 26, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2020 17:27 | harro | Added |
| 26-Feb-2020 17:37 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 04-Mar-2020 07:33 | Anon. | Updated [Date] |
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