Aviation
Commercial /
Europe
Fire on board
See why flight attendants want to be notified immediately if you lose your phone on the plane
Celular esmagado durante voo
Reprodução/AAIB
Gabriela Ramos
4/22/2021
On September 30, 2020, a British Airways Boeing 787-9 flying from Miami to London was hit by a fire on board when it was about 40 minutes before landing. The investigation was only completed and reported recently by AAIB, the UK Air Accident Investigation Agency.
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The incident occurred due to an iPhone that fell into the gap between the seats of the plane while recharging the battery. The smartphone belonged to a passenger, who slept at the time of the accident. Awakened by an announcement from the crew, she withdrew from the seat to use the bathroom, without noticing what was happening. While she was away, a flight attendant picking up the seat blanket smelled sulfur and, together with the chief flight attendant and another member of the crew, removed the upholstery from the seat, where they found the cellphone smashed in the middle of a fire. .
The fire was extinguished with an appropriate fire extinguisher when the plane was about 20 minutes from landing, avoiding what could have become a serious accident. The aircraft landed without major problems.
According to the AAIB report, the iPhone fell between the seats and, when the passenger made a change in the position of the seat, the cell phone ended up being crushed, damaging the battery, which caused the fire. Fortunately the fire was controlled by the crew. Nobody was injured and the aircraft suffered no damage except in the seat
New warnings about the risk of leaving scattered electronics on the plane will be included in the safety videos, and studies have been started to rethink the seat design, in order to ensure greater safety on board, avoiding the possibility of objects falling into the gap between the seats. .
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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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