British Airways A388 over Atlantic on Jan 21st 2019, LiOn battery suffers thermal runaway
Last Update: January 22, 2019 / 21:43:12 GMT/Zulu time
A British Airways Airbus A380-800, registration G-XLEK performing flight BA-208 (dep Jan 20th) from Miami,FL (USA) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was enroute over the Atlantic Ocean when a passenger travelling on the upper deck and carrying his mobile p...
A British Airways Airbus A380-800, registration G-XLEK performing flight BA-208 (dep Jan 20th) from Miami,FL (USA) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was enroute over the Atlantic Ocean when a passenger travelling on the upper deck and carrying his mobile p
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Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 21, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
FL-342
Departure
Not revealed
Destination
Not revealed
Aircraft Registration
N343434
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
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