airline spokeswoman Ann Botticelli | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Sun, 17 Jan 2016 10:55:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Lithium Batteries behind Hawaiian Airlines Emergency Landing https://airflightdisaster.com/lithium-batteries-behind-hawaiian-airlines-emergency-landing/ Sun, 17 Jan 2016 10:48:46 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=32634 On January 12, a Hawaiian Airlines crew had to put on their oxygen masks after Flight 226 developed smoke in the cockpit. Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 717 was en route from Honolulu to Kahului when a fire developed in a cargo bay. Pilots managed a safe landing. Evidence of a fire was found in one of...

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On January 12, a Hawaiian Airlines crew had to put on their oxygen masks after Flight 226 developed smoke in the cockpit. Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 717 was en route from Honolulu to Kahului when a fire developed in a cargo bay. Pilots managed a safe landing. Evidence of a fire was found in one of the cargo holds. The source of the fire/smoke was an e-cigarette with lithium batteries packed in a passenger’s luggage. The TSB bans E-cigarettes and battery chargers in checked luggage but no criminal charges have been filed. The cargo area sustained enough damage that the return flight was cancelled.

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