Passengers had to evacuate entirely after a fire broke out from a passenger's auxiliary battery inside an aircraft preparing for takeoff.

At around 7:15 PM yesterday (October 10), a fire broke out from an auxiliary battery held by a passenger inside a Jeju Air plane scheduled to depart from Cheongju Airport for Jeju.

A passenger in the neighboring seat covered the battery with clothing, and flight attendants put out the fire. No one was injured.

All 168 passengers disembarked and evacuated the plane due to smoke inside the cabin. Jeju Air deployed a replacement flight early this morning to complete the operation to Jeju.