Power bank catches fire inside IndiGo plane at Chandigarh airport; all evacuated
Chandigarh/New Delhi, May 05: More than 200 people were evacuated from an IndiGo aircraft at the Chandigarh airport on Tuesday after a passenger's power bank kept in a seat pocket caught fire and filled the cabin with smoke, according to sources. The incident happened soon after the A321 aircraft landed from Hyderabad. It operated flight 6E-108. "After landing during taxi into the bay at Chandigarh, a power bank kept in a pouch in the seat pocket by a passenger seated on 39C caught fire. Aircraft was stopped in the bay," aviation watchdog DGCA said in a statement. The regulator said cabin crew used two fire extinguisher bottles to put out the fire, and all six slides of the aircraft were deployed to evacuate the passengers. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) also said that no passenger injury has been reported. However, in a statement, IndiGo said there was an incident involving a customer's personal electronic equipment catching fire was reported when the IndiGo aircraft was stationary after landing. "In the interest of safety, an immediate evacuation was carried out, and all the relevant authorities were immediately informed.