Sri Lankan crew averts mid-air fire caused by phone - lithium air battery
Colombo: The crew on a Sri Lankan Airlines plane carrying 202 passengers has put out a medium-sized passenger plane
The airline said on Monday that a flight fire was triggered by cell phone batteries in the lockers in the air.
The airline said the rapid response avoided "significant" incidents.
Attendant on a flight from Kochi, India to Colombo on Sunday.
Smoke was discovered shortly after the 70 th meal.
It's about a minute flight.
The airline added that the smoke came from the overhead bin, thanking the crew for "avoiding major incidents ".
An airline statement said the crew suspected that the lithium battery had caught fire and put their luggage in the water after not using a fire extinguisher to stop the smoke.
"The situation has been successfully controlled and the bag is no longer smoking," the statement said . ".
"After investigation, the crew found a lithium battery pack and two mobile phones in the bag.
"The airline does not provide the model or model of the battery and related mobile phones, but says it is working on the Airbus A330-200 aircraft.
No one was injured.
On October, the airline, along with other airlines, banned Samsung Note 7 from flying because of concerns that the phone would spontaneously ignite. -