Serious incident to an Airbus A380 operated by British Airways on 01/04/2018 [Investigation led by AAIB / United Kingdom]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the United Kingdom authorities:

Passenger iPad caught fire; extinguished by cabin crew

General information
Local date	01/04/2018
Responsible entity	United Kingdom - AAIB
State or area of occurrence	United Kingdom
Location	Inconnu
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Minor
Occurrence class	Incident
File number	BEA2018-0171

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	United Kingdom - British Airways Plc
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A380
Aircraft Registration	G-XLEK
State of registry	United Kingdom
Last departure point	United States of America - KLAX (LAX) [LAX]Los Angeles,Ca/Los Angeles Intl
Planned destination	United Kingdom - EGLL (LHR): London/Heathrow
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	194
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.