[article16 fev 2019] USA : Une ecigarette "explose" dans un avion

"NEW YORK (WKRG) -- A Delta flight was on the tarmac when a vape pen caught fire in the overhead bins NowThis reports.

According to NowThis, two of their producers were on the plane leaving LaGuardia Airport headed to Houston Wednesday afternoon.

They say passengers noticed smoke coming from the overhead apartment as the flight was on the tarmac.

Flight attendants successfully extinguished the flames, NowThis reports. All of the passengers deplaned the aircraft. "

Un vaporisateur a explosé dans le compartiment à bagages d’un avion de la compagnie aérienne Delta, entraînant un départ de feu qui a vite été maîtrisé par une hôtesse de l’air.
Une cigarette électronique a provoqué un incendie mineur à bord d'un avion de ligne effectuant la liaison New York-Houston. L'incident a été filmé par l'un des passagers.

Selon ce dernier, la cigarette se trouvait dans un sac rangé dans le compartiment à bagages. Elle aurait soudainement explosé, ce qui a déclenché le feu:

An FAA report from August 2018 shows there have been at least 225 cases of smoke, fire, overheating or explosion involving lithium ion batteries or other unknown types of batteries on plans and in airports since 1991.

Some of the electronics that seem to be the most common culprits for small fires on planes are things we need to stay connected while we travel, like laptops and cell phones. In October 2016, a smokey Samsung smartphone cause the evacuation of a Southwest Airlines flight.

The FAA report also mentioned battery chargers, cameras, noise canceling headphones, flashlights, even batter-heated socks.