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Flight attendant reported extinguishing an in-flight lithium battery fire.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1520990 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201802 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
As I prepared my cart for service; I heard a passenger yell fire. There was smoke and flames coming from [the] row where a backpack was on fire. I called the flight deck and told them there was a cabin fire and that I was going to fight the fire and would get back with them once it was extinguished. I took the halon fire extinguisher back to [the] row where the burning backpack was pulled out into the center isle and I discharged the contents of the halon fire extinguisher on the burning backpack. The fire was extinguished and I retrieved the avsax yellow bag and according to instructions filled it with water; placed the still hot battery inside the bag and sealed it. It was a double a lithium battery which I believe caused the fire.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant reported extinguishing an in-flight lithium battery fire.
Narrative: As I prepared my cart for service; I heard a passenger yell fire. There was smoke and flames coming from [the] row where a backpack was on fire. I called the flight deck and told them there was a cabin fire and that I was going to fight the fire and would get back with them once it was extinguished. I took the halon fire extinguisher back to [the] row where the burning backpack was pulled out into the center isle and I discharged the contents of the halon fire extinguisher on the burning backpack. The fire was extinguished and I retrieved the AvSax yellow bag and according to instructions filled it with water; placed the still hot battery inside the bag and sealed it. It was a double A lithium battery which I believe caused the fire.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.