The Dramatic Tarmac fire on 11th april has been traced back to a cargo (ULD) pallet Loaded with Vivo smart phones and the incident happened just behind the parked HongKong Air Freighter Airbus A330-200F prior to loading at Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok Airport .
Hong Kong Air Cargo has prohibited shipments from two local air freight companies, and any co-loaders, as well as a full ban on Vivo mobile phones.
SpiceJet and GoAir have decided not to carry any shipments of Vivo after a consignment of Chinese company's smartphones caught fire at the Hong Kong airport's tarmac on Sunday.
In the internal circular of 13th April, Sanjiv Gupta, CEO-Cargo, SpiceJet, said,
"With immediate affect, acceptance of mobile and accessories shipments from company manufacturing vivo has been restricted till further notice on all SG flights."
Worldwide Vivo sales and export might take a set , as an entire lot of Vivo Y20 smartphones spontaneously combusted on the Hong Kong tarmac .
Authorities are yet to determine the source of the fire, but it is suspected that, the probable cause has something to do with the battery of the smartphone.
Now, Hong Kong authorities are not allowing Vivo to the export any smartphone until the source of the fire is determined, as a safety measure .
The fire incident batch of the Chinese-manufactured Vivo Y20 smartphones, were due to be shipped to Bangkok by Hong Kong Airlines' subsidiary Hong Kong Air Cargo.
Hong Kong Air Cargo said, it would comply with the investigation into the cause of the incident, adding that maintaining the company's operations and the safety of cargo shipments is its priority.
The Airport Authority said nobody was injured during the incident, adding that the operations of the airport had not been affected by the fire.
Sources said a site measuring 24 meters in length and 12 meters in width on the airport's tarmac was affected by the fire.
Vivo, a Chinese company headquartered in Dongguan, Guangdong, that develops smartphones, smartphone accessories, software and online services, is a part of Chinese electronics conglomerate BBK Electronics as of 2008.
To avoid any unexpected fire source, Airlines require handheld devices such as power banks or those containing lithium batteries to be carried in a carry-on baggage on board.
