Power Bank catches fire onboard a China Southern Airlines flight, Watch ...

• A flight crew member tossed water from a bottle to douse the fire instead using a fire extinguisher.

Moments before a China Southern Airlines flight took off, passengers noticed a fire in a carry-on bag placed in an overhead bin.

The incident took place on Sunday when flight 3539 from Guangzhou to Shanghai witnessed flames coming out from a power bank kept in one of the bags in the plane.
According to reports in Channel News Asia reports, a flight crew member tossed water from a bottle to douse the fire instead using a fire extinguisher. The entire incident was captured on a video which was posted to China Aviation Review's Twitter account.


Post the incident, China Southern was not available for any comment. However, the incident is under investigation and the passenger who owned the power bank placed in the bag is helping police to probe the matter. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident.

With the increase in numbers of such incidents aboard planes, US airlines have banned so-called 'smart' luggage which has USB ports for charging devices.