Before takeoff at Cheongju Airport, a passenger auxiliary battery caught fire... No casualties
Quick Look
- At around 7:30 pm on the 10th, a passenger's auxiliary battery caught fire on a Jeju Air plane that was about to depart Cheongju Airport for Jeju.
- All 168 passengers were evacuated, and it was confirmed that there were no casualties.
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Why It Matters
A fire occurred due to a passenger's auxiliary battery inside a passenger plane scheduled to fly from Cheongju Airport to Jeju.
(Cheongju = Yonhap News) Reporter Seongmin Lee = A fire broke out in a passenger's auxiliary battery on a passenger plane scheduled to take off from Cheongju Airport on the 10th, causing a commotion that forced all passengers to evacuate.
At around 7:30 p.m. on this day, a fire broke out in a passenger's auxiliary battery on a Jeju Air plane that was scheduled to depart from Cheongju Airport and head to Jeju.
The fire occurred in an auxiliary battery held by a seated passenger before the plane headed to the runway.
It is said that the surrounding passengers immediately covered the auxiliary battery with their clothes, and then the flight attendant put the auxiliary battery in a lithium battery fire extinguishing pouch and immediately extinguished the fire.
It has been determined that there have been no casualties from this fire to date.
Due to smoke on board, all 168 passengers were evacuated from the plane, and Jeju Air is conducting exhaust work and reviewing whether the plane can be operated normally.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Jeju Air conducts safety inspection of the relevant passenger aircraft
Very likely · Within hours
Open Questions
- Whether the airliner will resume operations
- Specific causes of auxiliary battery fire
