Created Wednesday, Feb 21st 2024 16:02Z, last updated Wednesday, Feb 21st 2024 16:02Z
A Royal Air Philippines Airbus A320-200, registration RP-C9799 performing flight
RW-602 from Caticlan (Philippines) to Shanghai Pudong (China), was enroute at FL340 about 145nm east of Hong Kong (China) when the crew decided to divert to Hong Kong reporting a passenger's power bank had suffered a thermal runaway, there was smoke in the cabin. The aircraft landed safely on Hong Kong's runway 07L about 35 minutes after leaving FL340.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Hong Kong for about 2:15 hours, then continued the flight and reached Shanghai with a delay of about 3:20 hours.
