Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

A SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A320-200N, registration SE-RUO performing flight SK-4416 from Oslo to Tromso (Norway) with 186 people on board, was enroute at FL350 about 40nm east of Trondheim (Norway) when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit and decided to divert to Trondheim. The aircraft landed safely on Trondheim’s runway 09 about 35 minutes after leaving FL350.

Local Authorities reported, a passenger’s power bank had suffered a thermal runaway and was emitting smoke, the crew decided to have fire services handle the device’s temperature did not come down. There had been no smoke in the cockpit.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Trondheim for 26 hours before returning to service.