Ottawa sources have made a statement that an official said a passenger sustained burn injuries when her cell phone caught fire on board a Canadian domestic flight on Wednesday morning when the official noticed after the take off.
Meanwhile according to sources Air Canada spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick said the incident occurred at 7 am (1200 GMT) as Air Canada flight 101 was preparing to depart the Toronto airport for Vancouver. He said "The fire was immediately extinguished by crews and there was no damage to the aircraft, however, the owner of the phone suffered injuries and was treated by emergency services who attended the aircraft”.
Furthermore
he said the woman was able to walk off the plane in order to be treated for
minor burns, but her condition was not immediately known. According to sources
the Boeing 787 jetliner with 266 passengers, meanwhile, took off after a two hour
delay. The make and model of the phone was not made public.
