B777 flight attendant reports passenger tossing melting battery to floor 4.5 hours into transoceanic...

Attributes
ACN	783677
Time
Date	200803
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzzz.airport
State Reference	FO
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified
ASRS Report	783677
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger electronic device non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

About 4 1/2 hours into the flight; passenger battery ignited. Passenger tossed battery to floor. Luckily; captain was resting in pilot seat and became directly involved. Collected melted battery and proceeded from there to handle. I arrived after the incident and observed captain placing melted battery into a sack to bring in for his report.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B777 FA REPORTS PAX TOSSING MELTING BATTERY TO FLOOR 4.5 HOURS INTO TRANSOCEANIC FLIGHT.

Narrative: ABOUT 4 1/2 HRS INTO THE FLT; PAX BATTERY IGNITED. PAX TOSSED BATTERY TO FLOOR. LUCKILY; CAPT WAS RESTING IN PLT SEAT AND BECAME DIRECTLY INVOLVED. COLLECTED MELTED BATTERY AND PROCEEDED FROM THERE TO HANDLE. I ARRIVED AFTER THE INCIDENT AND OBSERVED CAPT PLACING MELTED BATTERY INTO A SACK TO BRING IN FOR HIS RPT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.

B777 flight attendant reports passenger tossing melting battery to floor 4.5 hours into transoceanic flight.