Created Tuesday, Aug 15th 2023 17:03Z, last updated Tuesday, Aug 15th 2023 17:03Z
A China Eastern Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration B-5930 performing flight
MU-6958 from Lhasa to Shanghai Pudong (China), was enroute at 10,700 meters (about FL351) about 130nm west of Wuhan (China) when the crew decided to divert to Wuhan reporting a passenger's power bank had started to emit smoke having fallen between seats and being crushed. Cabin crew disassembled the first class seats, recovered the device, cooled it and put it into a secure container. The aircraft landed safely in Wuhan about 23 minutes later.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Wuhan for about 17 hours, then positioned to Shanghai and resumed service.
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