A lithium battery stowed in the overhead lockers on board a flight destined for Seoul spontaneously combusted mid-flight, sparking flames, smoke, fear and an emergency landing View 4 Images Panic broke out after a battery went up in flames mid-flight

Drama kicked off on a busy Seoul-bound Air China flight when a lithium battery spontaneously combusted mid-flight. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing after the battery, which was stored inside a passenger’s carry-on luggage, filled the cabin with smoke. ‌

The blaze broke out on Flight CA139 on Saturday after it had departed Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport 9.47am local time carrying 160 passengers and crew and heading towards South Korea’s Incheon International Airport, according to reports from the airline

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