Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

A Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration N375HA performing flight HA-457 (dep Apr 27th) from Honolulu,HI (USA) to Tokyo Haneda (Japan) with 140 people on board, was descending towards Tokyo when a passenger’s mobile phone overheated and caught fire. The fire was quickly extinguished and the device secured. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Haneda’s runway 34R (runways 22 and 23 in use for landings at that time).

Japan’s Ministry of Transport reported a passenger’s mobile phone ignited and was secured in a fire proof bag. The aircraft landed without further incident, no emergency evacuation was performed.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 5 hours before departing for the return flight estimated to reach Honolulu with a delay of about 2:15 hours.