Mobile battery behind A380 cabin smoke event
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating a recent cabin smoke event on a Qantas-operated Airbus A380, which was traced to a mobile phone battery. The A380 was operating a flight from Sydney to Dallas-Fort Worth May 16 when the incident occurred. The Bureau says that the jet was around 3,000km west-south-west of Dallas when smoke was detected in the aircraft’s cabin. “It was subsequently determined that a mobile phone battery was the source of the smoke,” it adds. The occurrence has been classified as a serious incident by the ATSB, which is gathering more information from the operator, and plans to finish its investigation in September. <br/>
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Mobile battery behind A380 cabin smoke event
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating a recent cabin smoke event on a Qantas-operated Airbus A380, which was traced to a mobile phone battery. The A380 was operating a flight from Sydney to Dallas-Fort Worth May 16 when the incident occurred. The Bureau says that the jet was around 3,000km west-south-west of Dallas when smoke was detected in the aircraft’s cabin. “It was subsequently determined that a mobile phone battery was the source of the smoke,” it adds. The occurrence has been classified as a serious incident by the ATSB, which is gathering more information from the operator, and plans to finish its investigation in September. <br/>
