Indigo 6E54 A320 near Chennai, Galaxy 2 smoke

An Indigo Airbus A320-200, registration VT-IAQ performing flight 6E-54 from Singapore (Singapore) to Chennai (India), was descending towards Chennai when a passenger noticed smoke coming from the overhead locker near seat row 23. Cabin crew identified a Galaxy Note 2 smartphone had overheated, extinguished the flames with a fire extinguisher and doused the phone with water before securing it into a container. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Chennai's runway 25.

India's DGCA confirmed a smartphone Lithium Battery had suffered a thermal runaway. The occurrence is being investigated.

The airline reported a number of passengers noticed the smell of smoke and alerted cabin crew, cabin crew identified the source of minor smoke in the overhead locker above seat 23C, alerted the flight crew, used a fire extinguisher to put the fire out and transferred the phone into a water filled container located in a lavatory. The phone was identified to be a Galaxy Note 2.

Galaxy Note 7 smartphones have been called back by Samsung due to several thermal runaways of their batteries and high probability of further such events, several civil aviation authorities have banned the use or charging of such phones on board of aircraft.

The Aviation Herald

Two Indigo Planes near to Collision in the air

Two Indigo aircraft escaped colliding with one another over Guwahati, leaving some passengers and crew members shaken and needing medical aid, officials said on Wednesday.

At least four passengers and two cabin crew were shaken by the near disaster, a spokesman for Indigo Airlines said. The passengers complained of giddiness while the cabin crew needed first aid.

The incident took place on Tuesday evening when an Indigo flight from Mumbai to Guwahati was about to land at the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport.
Just then, an Indigo flight bound for Chennai took off, crossing the flight path of the first aircraft.

“The IndiGo flight en route to Guwahati experienced turbulence due to monsoon,” said the Indigo spokesman, adding this caused it to climb down by 250-300 feet, just when the Chennai-bound aircraft was taking off.

The spokesman said the flight finally made a normal landing. The four passengers and two cabin crew were given medical assistance.

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