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Vacationers aboard a Southwest Airways flight getting ready to go away Denver Friday needed to evacuate after a passenger’s mobile phone battery caught on hearth and induced an airplane seat to catch hearth as nicely.
The Boeing 737-700 was nonetheless parked at a gate with 108 passengers on board when the incident occurred at Denver Worldwide Airport, in response to Southwest.
Passengers behind the aircraft fled utilizing the rear emergency slides, and passengers towards the entrance left by way of the entrance door through the jet bridge, in response to the Federal Aviation Administration and the airline.
Preliminary stories present one passenger had a minor harm throughout the evacuation, and the passenger whose telephone caught hearth is presently being handled for burns, the Dallas-based airline stated in a press release. Crew members had been in a position to extinguish the seat hearth, the assertion stated.
“Southwest’s buyer care workforce is working to accommodate the passengers on one other plane to their authentic vacation spot of Houston,” an airline spokesperson stated. “Nothing is extra necessary to Southwest than the protection of its prospects and workers. The incident stays below investigation.”
The flight arrived three hours later to its vacation spot at William P. Pastime Airport in Houston, in response to knowledge from FlightAware.
The FAA stated it should examine the incident.