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| Date: | Friday 7 January 2022 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | |
| Owner/operator: | Endeavor Air |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A cellular phone battery went into thermal runaway when a crew member inadvertently dropped an iPhone while the plane was taxiing. The plane came to a stop and emergency personnel were notified. A halon fire extinguisher was used by crew members to put out the blaze. The phone was placed into a thermal containment bag. There were no injuries were reported.
Sources:
FAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 25-Mar-2025 12:37 | ASN | Added |
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