{"id":115277,"date":"2021-08-24T17:34:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T17:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=115277"},"modified":"2021-08-24T17:35:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T17:35:03","slug":"alaska-airlines-plane-evacuated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/08\/alaska-airlines-plane-evacuated.html","title":{"rendered":"Alaska Airlines plane evacuated after a phone caught fire."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An <strong>Alaska Airlines <\/strong>plane was evacuated Monday night due to a fire caused by a passenger&#8217;s cell phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Port of Seattle Fire Department responded to the emergency around 8:30 p.m. after the aircraft landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>See also: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2021\/07\/reconstructed-wreckage-of-twa-747-to-be-destroyed.html\"><em>Reconstructed wreckage of TWA 747 to be destroyed 25 years after tragedy.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An Alaska Airlines spokesman said the incident occurred shortly after landing, when one passenger&#8217;s phone began to catch fire, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/alaska-airlines-flight-fire-cell-phone-evacuation-seattle-1622325?piano_t=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Newsweek<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The crew acted swiftly using fire extinguishers and a battery containment bag to control the fire and deployed the evacuation slides due to hazy conditions in the cabin,&#8221; the Alaska Airlines spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, 128 passengers and six crew members were evacuated from the aircraft, after which the aircraft was towed to the gate without affecting operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-25169907     uagb-post__items 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