Incident to the Airbus A320 registered F-HEPJ operated by Air France on 02/11/2022 at Roissy

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During the final approach, a passenger's electronic cigarette caught fire and seriously burnt the passenger. The investigation was not able to determine the causes of this thermal runaway.

The cabin crew members rapidly intervened to extinguish the fire and take charge of the injured passenger. One of the cabin crew members did not manage to don her personal protective breathing equipment (hood).

The investigation was not able to determine if the hood defect was present before the equipment was handled or if it was the result of non-compliant handling of the equipment at the time of the occurrence.

General information

Local date	02/11/2022
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 95 Val-d'Oise
Location	Paris Charles-De-Gaulle AD
Human consequences	Serious
Number of serious injuries	1
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Incident
Occurence category	F-NI: Fire/smoke (non-impact), CABIN: Cabin safety events
File number	BEA2022-0547

Flight Information

Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	France - Air France
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A320
Aircraft Registration	F-HEPJ
State of registry	France
Last departure point	Spain - LEMG (AGP): Malaga
Planned destination	France - LFPG (CDG): Paris Charles-De-Gaulle
Flight phase	Approach
Serial number	7873
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.

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