Aviation
Commercial /
China
Near tragedy
Mobile phone pallet catches fire before being loaded into an A330
Incêndio
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Gabriela Ramos
4/12/2021
A shipment of cell phones that was about to board an Airbus A330 caught fire at Hong Kong Airport last Sunday, April 11. The fire, which lasted approximately 40 minutes, spread to other nearby containers, which also contained cell phones.
A300-600F
Airbus
Divulgação/Airbus
Although the cause of the incident is still unknown, there is a suspicion that the fire originated due to the battery of one of the cell phones, which may have suffered a short circuit.
The incident left no injuries and did not damage any aircraft.
The shipment would be taken from Hong Kong to Bangkok, Thailand. The cell phones were of the Y20 model, from the Chinese company Vivo.
Check out the video at the link below:
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Gabriela Ramos
Gabriela is the latest addition to the editorial team of our website, having provided us with her solid background in editing, publishing and photography, and her interest and training in aviation history and historiography. His good taste and common sense and great cleverness and sagacity in the selection of themes and materials greatly enriched our vocabulary and narrative style. Gabriela brought unusual predicates and came to stay, helping to point the way of success of our portal.
   
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