Catching Fire by Shock
An iPhone 5S built by U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. caught fire and emitted smoke on a Korean Air flight KE902 with 387 passengers on board.
According to Korean Air on October 25, the flight, which left from Paris, France, at 1:40 pm on the 17th, bound for South Korea's Incheon International Airport reported the incident to the authorities after a business class passenger’s Apple smartphone suddenly started spewing smoke.
An international passenger dropped his iPhone 5S to between seat cushions on the right side when reclining his seat, and the phone stuck between the seat cushions released smoke.
The flight's cabin crew immediately used a fire extinguisher inside the plane to stop the smoke, and changed his seat. The flight arrived safely at the Incheon International Airport without any casualties. There were 387 people on board the A380 aircraft - including 386 passengers and one baby.
Korean Air reported the incident to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the authorities started the investigation into the cause of the incident.
Previously, another iPhone 5S caught fire in a flight bound for Prague, the Czech Republic, last year. In addition, there are also a series of reports of the iPhone 7 catching fire in Australia and China.