# Incident 20210929019399I: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR, Boston, MA, September 29, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2021, 21:00 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: Boston International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: R61A
- Location: 42.3584° N, 71.0598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boston, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3584&lon=-71.0598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N232JQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N232JQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR (registry code 3260121, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-empresa-brasileira-de-erj-170-200-lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-8E5 (registry code 30061, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-8e5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER-EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE ERJ 170-200 LR
- Reported engine: GE CF34-8E5
- People aboard: 50
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210929019399I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED A LITHIUM BATTERY FIRE DURING BOARDING THAT RESULTED IN AN EVACUATION AT THE GATE.  THE FLIGHT WAS SCHEDULED TO OPERATE ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 FROM BOSTON LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BOS)  TO PITTSBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PIT).

A STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL PRECEDED SMOKE AND EVENTUALLY FIRE IN THE AISLE COMING FROM BATTERIES IN A BACK PACK. THE AFA ORDERED PEOPLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT OVER THE PA UPON SEEING SPARKS AND SMOKE IN THE AISLE. THE FIRST OFFICER ASSISTED PASSENGERS ONTO THE JETWAY AT 1L.  THE BFA ARMED 2L AND EVACUATED PASSENGERS UPON HEARING THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT.  THE FIRST OFFICER BROUGHT THE PASSENGERS WHO HAD EVACUATED OUT 2L UP THE STAIRS AND ONTO THE JETWAY.  FIRE COMING FROM THE BACKPACK HAD DISSOLVED PRIOR TO FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVAL. ELEVEN OF THE FORTY SIX PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED OUT OF 2L.  A SCRAPED KNEE WAS THE ONLY INJURY REPORTED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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