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WATCH: Lithium Battery Fire Erupts on Air China Flight Carrying 160 Passengers
Breitbart ^ | October 19, 2025 | Amy Furr

Posted on 10/20/2025 8:48:55 AM PDT by Red Badger

Passengers on an Air China flight witnessed a lithium battery burst into flames in luggage that had been placed in an overhead bin on Saturday.

The flight was on its way to Seoul but had to make an emergency landing in Shanghai when the incident happened, the New York Post reported.

The plane had departed Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport just before 10:00 a.m. with 160 people onboard, the Post said, citing the airline and Chinese state media.

VIDEO AT LINK....................

When the battery ignited, travelers began calling out for help to quell the flames.

“Two flight attendants sprinted down the aisle carrying fire extinguishers while others shouted for travelers to remain seated,” the Post article continued.

“A passenger quoted by local media said they heard a loud explosion moments before flames shot from the storage bin,” the outlet noted.

Video footage shows two people sitting underneath the bin as the flames grow and smoke comes out of the storage container.

Another clip shows several passengers taking out their cellphones to record the incident as a man is seen waving to flight attendants who run down the aisle to help:

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Military/Veterans; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: aviation; chinaplane; lithiumbatteryfire; storagebin

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1 posted on 10/20/2025 8:48:55 AM PDT by Red Badger
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2 posted on 10/20/2025 8:49:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: 04-Bravo; 1FASTGLOCK45; 1stFreedom; 2ndDivisionVet; 2sheds; 60Gunner; 6AL-4V; A.A. Cunningham; ...

Aviation Ping!....................


3 posted on 10/20/2025 8:49:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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Hey buddy LOOK UP


4 posted on 10/20/2025 8:53:35 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: Red Badger

In Malaysian Flight 370 this happened in the cargo hold, so they never knew until it was too late.


5 posted on 10/20/2025 8:55:33 AM PDT by montag813
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To: Red Badger

All of those Chinese fire drills are starting to come in handy.


6 posted on 10/20/2025 8:55:54 AM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: Red Badger

Pucker-factor five, Mr Sulu.


7 posted on 10/20/2025 9:00:12 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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8 posted on 10/20/2025 9:05:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Every flight probably has hundreds of lithium-ion batteries on board, some in the passenger cabin and some in the hold.


9 posted on 10/20/2025 9:33:28 AM PDT by rexthecat
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To: Red Badger

Whipping out your cell phone to record the incident seems have become more instinctive than survival!


10 posted on 10/20/2025 9:56:37 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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Sum ting wrong?


11 posted on 10/20/2025 10:05:53 AM PDT by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now!)
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Wei Tu Haat


12 posted on 10/20/2025 10:13:51 AM PDT by beef (The pendulum will not swing back. It will snap back. Hard.)
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To: Red Badger
THIS is why I think airlines will soon ban any power bank with a capacity larger than 10,000 milliamp-hours.
13 posted on 10/20/2025 10:40:57 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (.FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: rexthecat
Every flight probably has hundreds of lithium-ion batteries on board, some in the passenger cabin and some in the hold.

Commercial aircraft may already carry fireproof bags that also seal out oxygen in order to starve out such a fire. The stewardesses may already have an "Ove Glove" or two to grab it and seal it in the bag.



In time, commercial aircraft will be redesigned to include a fireproof pneumatic drop tube like in banks or hospitals, or two-hatch chutes, where a burning phone or laptop can be off-boarded before it can re-ignite.



14 posted on 10/20/2025 10:44:24 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Red Badger

Lithium Batteries

It’s a run, run, run.

Thermal run away....

Bada Bing, Bada Boom

As far back the 1970’s we knew that risk and they were banned. Leave it to the chinese to cut any corner, cheat and graft the way forward. That’s why buildings in china fall down as well as other things.

Can we have a ha-raw for the ccp.......

Dumb bastards!


15 posted on 10/20/2025 11:56:08 AM PDT by BFW
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