A fire broke out on a flight in the USA following the battery of one of the passengers that caught fire. Reports in the American media from today (Thursday) indicate that a flight of the Spirit company from Dallas to Orlando had to land at the airport in Jacksonville, Florida.
A Spirit Airlines flight from Dallas to Orlando was diverted to Jacksonville on March 1, after a battery pack caught fire in an overhead compartment.
Crew members were able to quickly extinguish the fire.
10 passengers and crew were hospitalized with minor symptoms.
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According to the company's statement, due to the incident that occurred on flight 259, on Wednesday US time, ten people were taken to a hospital for treatment.
According to one of the passengers, a retired firefighter who was on the plane tried to help the flight crew with the firefighting efforts.
According to the same passenger, the fire took about 20 minutes.
One of the passengers was taken directly to the hospital, and nine others were later evacuated because they felt unwell.
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