Mid-air overhead locker fire forces Hong Kong Airlines jet into emergency landing

A screengrab shows cabin crew members and passengers using drinks to put out the fire in the overhead locker. - Photo: SCMP

HONG KONG: A mid-air fire in the overhead lockers on a Hong Kong Airlines flight forced the jet into an emergency landing in China Thursday (March 20). 

None of the 168 passengers and crew on board were reported injured.