Passenger injured in fire sparked by power bank on Incheon-Hong Kong flight
Accident occurred on Asiana Airlines flight OZ745 on Thursday night, with passenger sustaining burns as crew put out fire with extinguisher
A small fire triggered by a power bank broke out aboard an Asiana Airlines flight from Incheon to Hong Kong on Thursday night, injuring a passenger.
An airline spokeswoman told the Post the fire took place just before 10pm, with cabin crew extinguishing it within three minutes. The passenger carrying the power bank suffered burns to their hand, she added.
Flight OZ745, carrying 284 passengers, departed Incheon International Airport and arrived at Hong Kong International Airport at 10.52pm as scheduled.
The aircraft did not require an emergency landing, the spokeswoman said, adding that the injured passenger did not request to be sent to the hospital.
Both the Hong Kong Airport Authority and local police said they were not called in to assist with the situation.
A passenger with the handle “2milkyou” posted in Korean on the social media platform Threads with a blurred photo and a caption: “I was on OZ745 from Incheon to Hong Kong. I was in row 22, but a fire broke out around row 27.