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ARTICLE VIEW:
Passengers on parked Southwest plane forced to evacuate after cell
phone, airplane seat catch fire
By Alexandra Skores, CNN
Updated:
2:22 PM EST, Fri November 15, 2024
Source: CNN
Travelers aboard a Southwest Airlines flight preparing to leave Denver
Friday had to evacuate after a passenger’s cell phone battery caught
on fire and caused an airplane seat to catch fire as well.
The Boeing 737-700 was still parked at a gate with 108 passengers on
board when the incident occurred at Denver International Airport,
according to Southwest.
Passengers in the back of the plane fled using the rear emergency
slides, and passengers toward the front left through the front door via
the jet bridge, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and
the airline.
Preliminary reports show one passenger had a minor injury during the
evacuation, and the passenger whose phone caught fire is currently
being treated for burns, the Dallas-based airline said in a statement.
Crew members were able to extinguish the seat fire, the statement said.
“Southwest’s customer care team is working to accommodate the
passengers on another aircraft to their original destination of
Houston,” an airline spokesperson said. “Nothing is more important
to Southwest than the safety of its customers and employees. The
incident remains under investigation.”
The flight arrived three hours later to its destination at William P.
Hobby Airport in Houston, according to data from FlightAware.
The FAA said it will investigate the incident.
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