AIR berlin on fire returned to german airport!

people disembarks from a380

An Airbus carrying nearly 400 people has returned to a German airport after a smouldering fire was noticed in the cabin shortly after take-off, Air Berlin confirmed Tuesday.

Nobody was hurt in the Monday incident and the passengers later left Dusseldorf again for the Canary Islands on a substitute plane, DPA reported.

The smouldering was observed in a ceiling lamp over a galley. Cabin crew put it out with a fire extinguisher. Smouldering combustion without flames often generates toxic smoke.

The A330 plane was back on the ground again 13 minutes after take-off Monday afternoon. Fire engines stood by at the runway but were not needed. Germany's air accidents agency is investigating.

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