Malpensa airport was temporarily closed due to a fire outbreak on an Easyjet flight departing for Prague at 17:31 with 146 passengers on board that was taxiing on a taxiway of the airport.
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All emergency procedures were immediately activated: passengers were evacuated via slides. All are unharmed except two, slightly injured during the evacuation. Due to the activation of safety procedures, airport operations were temporarily suspended.
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The incident was reportedly caused by a power bank inside a passenger’s hand luggage. Airport operations resumed normally around 18:30 on a single runway.
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