Flames and smoke engulf cabin on passenger plane after a charger explodes and seats c

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• Fire broke out on a passenger flight from Moscow to Volgograd 
  
  
• Video shows flames and smoke engulfing passengers on plane
  
  
• Fire is thought to have started in the power bank of one of the seats 
  
  

Panic broke out on a passenger plane in Russia when a fire broke out in the middle of the cabin yesterday.
The flight from Moscow had just landed in Volgograd when one of the seats caught fire after a portable charging unit exploded.
Video shows flames and smoke engulfing a section of the economy class cabin, as passengers and crew scramble to put out the fire.
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Flames on a plane: Video shows the seats burning on the passenger plane, which had just landed in Volgograd, Russian

Many of the passengers appear calm and stoical during the incident, but other reports say there was panic on the aircraft, and all passengers were evacuated from the Aeroflot flight.
Some used emergency slides to leave the Airbus A320, it was reported.


A crew member used a fire extinguisher and a bottle of water to put out the burning seats at the airport in Volgograd where England open their FIFA World Cup campaign against Tunisia on 18 June.
One passenger said: 'We were already standing between the seats, and a charging unit began to smoke and soon it was burning.
'The fire was put out in less than a minute. But couple of passengers began to panic.

Don't panic: Footage shows smoke filling the cabin as passengers and crew scramble to put the fire out" 

Don't panic: Footage shows smoke filling the cabin as passengers and crew scramble to put the fire out

 The fire began as passengers were preparing to leave the plane and were cramped in the aisle&

Burning:  The fire began as passengers were preparing to leave the plane and were cramped in the aisle 

Keep calm: A crew member reportedly used a fire extinguisher and a bottle of water to put out the burning seats"



Keep calm: A crew member reportedly used a fire extinguisher and a bottle of water to put out the burning seats

Passengers are seen jumping on seats as they scramble to get off the plane" class





Fear: Passengers are seen jumping on seats as they scramble to get off the plane
'Somehow they released the emergency slides and some people did use them to get out of the plane.
'Others inside the cabin did not panic at all and left the plane normally by the usual steps.'
Airline sources said no passengers were injured in the incident.
In the 49 second video, people are heard coughing from the smoke fumes.
Passengers say in Russian: 'give water, quickly' – 'give a bottle of water' – 'take some water!'
Several people pass water to those putting out the blaze.
A member of the flight crew with the fire extinguisher asks: 'What was it?'
A male passenger replied: 'Power bank, charging unit'.
A voice is heard saying: 'It's ok, a fire extinguisher is here, it's over.'

Some panicking passengers fled the Aeroflot plane after they released the emergency slides"



Some panicking passengers fled the Aeroflot plane after they released the emergency slides

The flight from Moscow had just landed in Volgograd when one of the seats caught fire" class

The flight from Moscow had just landed in Volgograd when one of the seats caught fire

The Aeroflot plane is pictured on the runway after the flames were extinguished

The Aeroflot plane is pictured on the runway after the flames were extinguished 


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