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| Date: | Thursday 20 March 2025 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-232 |
| Owner/operator: | Hong Kong Airlines |
| Registration: | B-LPC |
| MSN: | 5147 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2012 |
| Engine model: | IAE V2527-A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | South of Hangzhou -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH/ZSHC) |
| Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok International Airport (HKG/VHHH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Hong Kong Airlines flight HX115, an Airbus A320-232, diverted to Fuzhou, China, after a fire developed in an overhead luggage compartment.
The flight departed HGH at 04:58 UTC on a flight to HKG.
During cruise phase, a power bank in a passenger's carry-on luggage spontaneously combusted in the overhead cabin compartment. The cabin crew executed the fire extinguishing procedures and successfully put out the fire. It was confirmed that the occurrence was caused by thermal runaway of a power bank which has been verified that was a Romoss-branded device with a rated capacity of 20,000 mAh, which is allowed to be carried on board aircraft. The flight crew decided to entertain to Fuzhou Airport which is the nearest airport and the aircraft landed uneventfully at 05:55 UTC.
No injuries were reported.
Accident investigation:
Sources:
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3303156/inbound-hong-kong-airlines-flight-forced-divert-after-fire-breaks-out-board
https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/hong-kong-airlines-a320-diverts-to-fuzhou-due-to-cabin-fire/
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1796611-20250320.htm
Media:
#BREAKING #HongKong Airlines confirmed that flight HX115 was diverted to #Fuzhou due to a fire in the luggage rack in the cabin of the passenger plane during the flight on Mar. 20, and has now landed safely. The fire was also successfully extinguished. #Airbus pic.twitter.com/Jg1Eitolzd
— Ifeng News (@IFENG__official) March 20, 2025
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Mar-2025 09:43 | SignorPignolini | Added |
| 20-Mar-2025 09:56 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2025 10:00 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2025 10:13 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 21-Mar-2025 08:21 | Lycheer Vivid | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 21-Mar-2025 08:22 | ASN | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 28-Mar-2025 13:34 | ASN | Updated [Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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