A viral video has captured the terrifying moment passengers fled a Ryanair plane after a mobile phone battery caught fire.
In the video, people can be seen jumping onto an inflatable slide from the emergency exits.
A man at the base of the slide in an emergency vest quickly beckons them down and onto the tarmac.
Many of the passengers hit each other at the end as they struggle to get off in time.
Some fall off the side of the slide in their haste to escape.
The flight was bound for Ibiza from Barcelona when the incident occurred.
The phone battery is thought to be owned by a passenger from New Zealand.
A Ryanair spokesman explained in a statement: “The passengers of a flight from Barcelona to Ibiza were evacuated in an emergency at Barcelona’s El Prat Airport because of a fire in a mobile phone that was being charged with an external battery.
“All the passengers were evacuated from the aircraft in a safe way to the terminal and the cabin crew took charge of the device.
“Ryanair is working to organise a replacement plane to re-accommodate the passengers as fast as possible.”
A passenger caught up in the drama explained: “We were just over 100 feet away from the docking bay when the device exploded and smoke began to come out.
“Fortunately I was in the first row and I opened the emergency door before the pilot activated the chute.”
Passengers were forced to wait at the airport while waiting for another plane and their luggage was removed from the flight.
Apart from friction burns, no passengers were injured or needed medical attention.
Firefighters were not called to the tarmac during the incident.
Ryanair passengers have recently been caught up in a wave of flight cancellations during the summer holidays.
Irish pilots announced three strikes earlier this month with a fourth 24-hour strike to occur this Friday.
Cabin crew in Spain, Belgium and Portugal who work for Ryanair also commenced a 48-hour strike last week.
Nearly 600 flights were cancelled with thousands of passengers affected.
Passengers are being advised to seek compensation if their flight is cancelled, according to the Civil Aviation Authority.
Additional reporting by Gerald Couzens
