Passengers on a UK flight were forced to exit down the emergency slides after a vape exploded on the plane, filling the cabin with smoke. (Credit: Malachi Griffith via Storyful)
Terrified passengers on a UK flight were forced to exit down emergency slides after a suspected vape pen exploded on their flight, filling the cabin with smoke.
An EasyJet flight was preparing to take off from Heraklion airport in Greece to Gatwick, London, on Tuesday when a bag said to have contained e-cigarettes and a power bank in a passenger’s bag fell. sudden explosion, according to several reports.
Malakia Griffith said she was on flight EZY8261 when she heard “scrambling noises” and a girl with a bag blowing smoke and running down the aisle.
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Terrified passengers on a UK flight were forced down the emergency slides after a bag said to contain e-cigarettes and a power bank was found in a passenger bag suddenly exploded. (Malachi Griffith via Storyful, left, Jeremy Suyker/Bloomberg via Getty Images, top right, Sean Gallup/Getty Images, bottom right. / Getty Images)
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Ground staff can be seen helping people down the slide while a woman is holding herself up on her hands and knees. All 236 passengers were evacuated. (Malachi Griffith via Storyful / Fox News)
“I could smell it and see smoke coming towards us from the front of the plane, so I asked my dad, ‘Is this protocol?'” Griffith told Storyful. “Well, a girl ran down the knapsack, out of the smoke, and there was a loud noise, the sound of flames, which caused a fright.”
A video taken by Griffith shows him going down the slide with his father. In another image, ground staff can be seen helping people down the slide while a woman leans on her hands on her knees. All 236 passengers were evacuated.
An EasyJet spokesperson tells Fox News Digital that flight EZY8216 was evacuated during boarding before take-off “due to a fire in a passenger’s bag.”
Terrified passengers on a UK flight were forced to exit down the emergency slides after a suspected vape exploded inside their plane, filling the cabin with smoke. (Malachi Griffith via Storyful / Fox News)
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“Fire services attended the aircraft and cabin crew evacuated the aircraft in accordance with procedures,” the spokesman said.
“Customers were cared for at the airport while another aircraft and crew were scheduled to fly customers home later that day. Safety is our number one priority.”
The company did not say what caused the bag to catch fire.
Passengers were later allowed back on the plane to collect their luggage and there was a sign of fire on the ground, according to the Daily Mail.
An EasyJet plane is preparing to take off. Terrified passengers on a UK flight were forced down the emergency slides after a bag said to contain e-cigarettes and a power bank was found in a passenger bag suddenly exploded. (Jeremy Suyker/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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The gem reports that no passengers were hurt in the explosion, although one passenger was burned by the exit slide.
European passengers are allowed to take e-cigarette devices on planes, and charging them while on board is prohibited, according to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) also allows smoking electronic devices in luggage as long as the batteries are removed.
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