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- A passenger’s portable phone charger caught fire in an overhead bin on a flight from Guangzhou to Shanghai in China.
- The video, which was shared on Twitter, showed the bag in flames while a flight attendant and passenger trying to put out the fire.
- No passengers were injured from the explosion, but the fliers were forced to deplane and take another flight.
Passengers flying onboard China Southern Airlines were in for a frightening start to their trip on Sunday as a phone charger caught fire in a passenger’s luggage stowed away in the overhead compartment.
Passengers were in the process of boarding a flight heading from Guangzhou to Shanghai, China, on Sunday when smoke was spotted inside the airplane’s cabin, airline representative said in a statement posted on Chinese social media platform Weibo. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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