{"id":254558,"date":"2025-07-21T20:47:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/battery-fire-onboard-virgin-australia-flight\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T20:47:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:47:21","slug":"lithium-battery-blaze-on-virgin-australia-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=254558","title":{"rendered":"Lithium Battery Blaze On Virgin Australia Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier today, a<span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"255704\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/virgin-australia\/\"  >Virgin Australia<\/a><\/span> flight from Sydney to Hobart made a more dramatic arrival than planned in Tasmania after a fire broke out inside the cabin of the aircraft operating the service. 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