Fire Breaks Out in Overhead Bin During Spirit Airlines Flight
SCARY
One passenger told CNN the fire was sparked by a charging pack for a cell phone. Ten people were taken by emergency services, all said to be in non-life-threatening conditions.
A Spirit Airlines flight had an emergency landing in Jacksonville, Florida on Wednesday after a fire broke out in an overhead bin. The flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Orlando landed safely at about 2 p.m., with 10 passengers and crew members transported by emergency services, all in non-life-threatening conditions, according to Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department Captain Eric Prosswimmer. The fire was caused by an item in an overhead bin, a spokesperson for the airline said, with one passenger telling CNN that a backpack had caught on fire when a portable phone-charging pack “basically exploded.” Passenger Joseph Fleck said the battery pack was charging a vape. The fire was extinguished inflight, according to the Spirit spokesperson. The airline didn’t have a plane available to take passengers to Orlando, Fleck told CNN, leading he and his family to splurge $250 on an Uber so they could make it to Disney World. Spirit reimbursed them, he said.
We are safe after a scary fire broke out during our @SpiritAirlines flight. We made a quick decent and emergency landing into Jacksonville. After waiting for over an hour they grounded the plane and we had to find our own way to Orlando. All rental cars were sold out. $250 uber pic.twitter.com/miFrR2bPKq
