A flight from Heraklion airport in Greece to Gatwick, London, had to be evacuated after a passenger's bag containing e-cigarettes and a power bank reportedly exploded, filling the cabin with smoke. Passengers were forced to evacuate down emergency slides, with no reported injuries.
Panicked passengers onboard a U.K. flight were forced to evacuate down emergency slides after a vape pen was suspected of exploding on their plane, filling the cabin with smoke.The EasyJet plane was preparing for take-off from Heraklion airport in Greece to Gatwick, London , on Tuesday when a bag said to have contained e-cigarettes and a power bank in a passenger's bag suddenly exploded, according to several reports.
A spokesperson for EasyJet tells Fox News Digital that flight EZY8216 was evacuated during boarding prior to departure "due to a fire in a passenger’s cabin bag."VAPE PEN EXPLODES IN UK MAN'S CAR, CAUSES THIRD-DEGREE BURNS: 'IT FELT LIKE I WAS BEING BURNT ALIVE'"Fire services attended the aircraft and cabin crew evacuated the aircraft in line with procedures," the spokesperson said.
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