Plane passengers were left fearing for their lives after an airport jet bridge filled with smoke after a faulty power bank caught fire, as seen in incendiary photos igniting the internet.
The fiery incident occurred Sunday at Hongqiao Airport in Shanghai, China while the travelers were disembarking flight CA2821, NewsX reported.
The aircraft had touched down at around 4:30 p.m. after flying in from Tianjin.
The flyers were reportedly making their way through the bridge connecting the plane to the airport gate when one of the passenger’s bags burst into flame, Stuff.co.nz reported.
Passengers began to panic as the smoke started to fill the enclosed space.
Fortunately, authorities were able to extinguish the blaze and ventilate the area, per airport staff, who said that no injuries were reported following the inferno.
Hongqiao airport reps provided no additional details about the incident, caused by the passenger’s faulty power bank.
Unfortunately, these portable phone charges have become a scourge in the friendly skies of late, notably sparking an inflight fire on an Air Asia flight in Thailand this past winter.
Last fall, one of the incendiary devices caused a JetBlue passenger’s backpack to burst into flames while he was waiting for his flight to depart John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
Such infernos generally occur when lithium-ion batteries overheat and ignite.
In fact, due to the power bank’s flammability, airlines only allow them to be packed in carry-on luggage, not in checked bags, for fear that they might start fires in the cargo hold.
