ALERT: Hong Kong- American Airlines Flight Canceled After Fire in Cargo (October 9, 2017)

October 9, 2017

An American Airlines flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles caught fire today during cargo loading, and the flight was canceled.

According to the Washington Post:

An American Airlines flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles was canceled Monday after a piece of loading equipment caught fire while it was preparing to put cargo in the hold of the plane, the airline said. One person was hurt.

The container that was on the loading equipment also caught fire in the process, said Martha Thomas, a spokeswoman for the airline.

The cargo it contained was “non–hazardous,” Thomas said, without providing details. She added that the airline was looking into the cause of the mechanical issue that triggered the fire.

Boarding had not yet started and no passengers or crew on Flight 192 were injured, she said.

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