It was in a suitcase on a flight from Gatwick to Porto – and it started to catch fire when it was in the baggage area.
The plane was a Airbus A320-214. The vehicle of TAP would make the connection between Gatwick, in the UK, and Porto.
I had just taken off when, back there, it started to smell like burning. The cabin crew informed the boss, the cockpit was contacted.
emergency landingback at Gatwick, just 14 minutes later.
It was a small electronic cigarette, which was packed in a suitcase, in the hand luggage; in the luggage compartment, It started to burn inside and smoke started to appear.
It almost caused a tragedy on this TAP flight, summarizes the .
The report was made by TAP to the Air and Railway Accident Prevention and Investigation Office.
Despite there being 12 passengers in the way the passage – they had stood up – the crew cabin maintained the calm, He took a fire extinguisher and extinguished the flames quickly, the smoke soon disappeared.
Hours after this frightening incident, and after a safety inspection, the plane traveled to Porto. No injuries.
