Terrified passengers forced to evacuate as bag bursts into flames on plane
Terrified passengers were forced to evacuate a plane after a passenger’s bag in the overhead compartment burst into flames.
A video taken on board shows travellers boarding Sunday’s China Southern Airlines flight from Guangzhou to Shanghai when a bag caught fire in the overhead compartment and smoke began filling the cabin.
Passengers and cabin crew can be seen trying to put out the flames with bottles of water and juice, Channel News Asia reported. The blaze was eventually put out by fire crews and security.
The fire did not cause further damage to the plane, the airline said.
The owner of the bag was spoken to by police. The cause of the fire is believed to be a power bank, which was most likely powered by a lithium-ion battery and not in use at the time of the fire, Fox News reported.