Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

A Royal Brunei Airlines Airbus A320-200N, registration V8-RBD performing flight BI-636 from Hong Kong (China) to Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei), was enroute when a passenger’s powerbank suffered a thermal runaway and emitted smoke. Flight attendants discharged a fire extinguisher onto the battery and put it into a secure container. The flight crew continued the flight to destination for a safe landing.

The airline confirmed a power bank incident resulting in no harm to passengers and crew. The occurence aircraft is still on the ground in Brunei about 8.5 hours after landing.