E-cigarette batteries ignite luggage prior to Air Transat flight
Electronic cigarette batteries have caused another baggage fire involving a Canadian airliner, news that comes days after Canadian investigators determined that similar batteries caused an inflight fire in 2018. The latest fire involved Air Transat flight 443, on an Airbus A321 operating from Cancun to Vancouver Jan 12. During the baggage loading process in Cancun, "brown smoke could be seen coming" from one piece of luggage, according to a preliminary aviation incident report released by the TSB of Canada. The fire burned through the luggage, it adds. "The suitcase was taken away from the gate area and sprayed with a portable fire extinguisher," says the report. "It was determined that the fire and smoke was caused by electronic cigarette batteries that were overheating." <br/>
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E-cigarette batteries ignite luggage prior to Air Transat flight
Electronic cigarette batteries have caused another baggage fire involving a Canadian airliner, news that comes days after Canadian investigators determined that similar batteries caused an inflight fire in 2018. The latest fire involved Air Transat flight 443, on an Airbus A321 operating from Cancun to Vancouver Jan 12. During the baggage loading process in Cancun, "brown smoke could be seen coming" from one piece of luggage, according to a preliminary aviation incident report released by the TSB of Canada. The fire burned through the luggage, it adds. "The suitcase was taken away from the gate area and sprayed with a portable fire extinguisher," says the report. "It was determined that the fire and smoke was caused by electronic cigarette batteries that were overheating." <br/>
