Source: www.straitstimes.com

HONG KONG – A mid-air fire in the overhead compartments on a Hong Kong Airlines flight forced the plane into an emergency landing in China on March 20.

None of the 168 passengers and crew on board were reported injured.

Flight HX115, an Airbus SE A320 jet, took-off from Hangzhou, China en route to Hong Kong just before 1pm before diverting to Fuzhou after a fire broke out in an overhead compartment, the airline said in an e-mailed statement.

The fire was subsequently extinguished.

The airline did not specify the cause of the fire.

However, social media videos circulating online showed a charred set of overhead compartments on the aircraft, pointing to a power bank fire.