Incident: China Southern B737 Near Nanning on Mar. 5, Battery Pack Bursts into Flames
By Simon Hradecky, The Aviation Herald | Mar. 06, 2017
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A China Southern Boeing 737-700, registration B-5252 performing flight CZ6099 from Nanning (China) to Bangkok (Thailand), was enroute at FL320 about 30 minutes into the flight when a passenger's battery pack overheated and burst into flames. Cabin crew quickly extinguished the fire, cooled the device down and put it into a safe container.
The flight crew assessed, that it was safe to continue the flight to Bangkok, where the aircraft landed safely about 2 hours after departure.