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Canada: Cellphone fire burns passenger on plane

| @indiablooms | Mar 02, 2018, at 05:53 pm

Toronto, Mar 2 (IBNS): A cellphone fire on Air Canada flight has burnt one passenger as the plane was taking off from Toronto, media reports said.

The incident occurred on Thursday morning at around 7 a.m. at Pearson International Airport.

The cellphone owner was the sufferer who sustained a first-degree burn.

Air Canada spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick told CTV News, "The fire was immediately extinguished by crews and there was no damage to the aircraft."

The flight was delayed by two hours due to the fire.

Toronto city councilor Joe Cressy, who was also present on the plane, tweeted after the incident.

He tweeted: "I happened to be on the @AirCanada flight this morning where the cell phone fire incident occurred. The Air Canada staff were quick and professional in their response and the Pearson Fire crew were excellent. Thanks all around."

The flight was en-route to Vancouver.

 

(Reporting by Suman Das)

Image: facebook.com/aircanada

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