Li-ion Battery Blamed For Cabin Fire On Bangkok-Bound Flight

A lithium ion battery was blamed for a fire which broke out yesterday on a Bangkok-bound flight from Amsterdam.

BANGKOK: -- Smoke began pouring into the cabin from a fire inside an overhead baggage compartment on the KLM plane before a flight attendant expertly extinguished it.

The plane had just touched down at Suvarnabhumi Airport, and no one was reported injured.