00:01This all happened yesterday afternoon on board Virgin Australia flight VA 328 and it was
00:09as the plane was descending into Melbourne from Brisbane that's when this e-cigarette
00:14or vape ignited in the cabin and that prompted the flight deck to issue a pan alert to air
00:23traffic control.
00:24Now that's a step down from the full emergency mayday call which is what you use when
00:29lives are immediately in danger but nevertheless a pan alert is still an urgent situation that
00:36requires the immediate prioritisation of that aircraft by air traffic control so that's
00:42exactly what they did.
00:43Melbourne airport says that emergency vehicles were all put on standby as a precaution just
00:49as this plane came down to land.
00:51Thankfully it was a safe landing and all passengers were able to disembark as per usual however
00:58it certainly has shone the spotlight back on safety when it comes to e-cigarettes and vapes
01:04on board the aircraft.
01:06Of course there are already regulations that Virgin Australia and other aircraft also have
01:11in terms of e-cigarettes and vapes.
01:14They have to be declared first of all and also they have to be carried in your carry-on baggage
01:19rather than being checked into your luggage and obviously there is a complete prohibition on being
01:26able to charge any of these devices while you're mid-air and you're also as a passenger expected to
01:32ensure that you've isolated the switches on your e-vapes or e-cigarettes to ensure against any sort of
01:38accidental activation but clearly this is something that would have caused quite a bit of concern and
01:45consternation for the crew and also the passengers on board this flight yesterday afternoon.
01:51Virgin Australia says that it always takes priority as sorry safety I should say as its highest priority
01:58and that it's praised the flight crew and the cabin crew in particular for acting so swiftly
02:03to contain this device.
02:05Virgin Australia says that it always she is intended to look back because she's still
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