article_snippet: Passengers experienced tense moments on board a KLM flight today after a small fire erupted inside an overhead compartment for hand luggage.
article_snippet: Flight attendants used an on-board fire extinguisher to put out the blaze which occurred moments after the plane landed in Bangkok at 10:40am local time.
article_snippet: A KLM spokesman said the fire was detected as the plane taxied to its gate at Bangkok's international airport .
article_snippet: A KLM spokesman told MailOnline Travel: ‘There was a short fire on board in one of the overhead luggage compartments for hand luggage and our crew made sure that a short fire on board was put out.
article_snippet: One of the plane's passengers tweeted a video which showed a crew member extinguishing a short fire on board .
article_snippet: One of the passengers on flight KL875 recorded video as a flight attendant used a fire extinguisher to spray a smouldering bag as a smouldering bag sat on a seat in business class.
article_snippet: A photo snapped moments earlier shows our crew spraying a smouldering bag while A photo was on fire in the overhead luggage bin.
article_snippet: The passenger posted the video and photo on her Twitter account, @Accone, and wrote: ‘Well done @KLM for calm management of cabin fire on flight KL875 caused by a battery in a passenger’s carry-on luggage’.
article_snippet: One caused a fire on our flight.
article_snippet: It was immediately detected & extinguished; difficult in cargo.
highlights_snippet: A spokesman for KLM said the cause of the fire is under investigation .
  
highlights_snippet: Small fire was detected as the plane taxied to the plane gate at a Bangkok airport .
  