Litium battery thermal event Incident Boeing 747-400 , Thursday 14 February 2008
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Date:Thursday 14 February 2008
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B744 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 747-400
Owner/operator:Northwest Airlines
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: None
Location:Toky-Narita Airport -   Japan
Phase: Standing
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:RJAA
Destination airport:VHHH
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Approximately two-thirds of the 389 passengers had boarded a Northwest Airlines Tokyo-Hong Kong flight, when a passenger’s carry-on bag caught fire in an overhead bin. Flight attendants put out the fire with two fire extinguishers. One passenger suffered

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