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

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.