EasyJet passengers film shocking footage of themselves fleeing down evacuation slide after ‘bag of vapes’ explodes

HEART-STOPPING footage shows panicked easyJet passengers scrambling down an evacuation descent aft an detonation onboard.

A container containing vapes caught occurrence connected the pitchy bound for London - sparking a frantic evacuation successful Greece.

All 236 passengers astatine Heraklion airdrome successful Crete had to exit the level via inflatable exigency slides.

Dramatic footage captured by 1 of the travellers onboard shows hordes of radical anxiously queuing successful the aisle to exit the cabin.

It past shows 1 antheral fleeing the level via the inflatable descent arsenic airdrome workers brace to drawback him astatine the bottom.

The exigency effect unit connected the tarmac look tense arsenic they hole to dilatory his fall, and the idiosyncratic down the camera soon follows.

One injured themselves making their mode down to the tarmac aft the terrifying blast.

A container holding a powerfulness slope and e-cigarettes exploded conscionable earlier the pitchy was acceptable to take-off for London Gatwick.

Those onboard described "a precise ample reddish flash and occurrence followed by heavy achromatic smoke" arsenic they fled.

One rider told MailOnline they heard idiosyncratic asking "What is that, what is that?" moments earlier the blast.

People were "screaming weaponry and clattering to get out".

Some said a "lady with a vape successful her bum container was waving it astir arsenic fume started to travel out".

One witnesser described a British pistillate holding the container arsenic she tried to permission the plane, asking radical to get retired of the way.

But her container caught occurrence forcing her to driblet it successful the aisle.

A witnesser said: "Fire and acrid fume billowed from the bag, popping exploding noises, fume filled the compartment astir the bag."

As the compartment exploded into chaos the exigency doors were opened and evacuation slides blown up.

One of the travellers suffered a friction pain from the descent but nary different injuries were reported.

They were each allowed to instrumentality to the craft to cod their belongings earlier catching a antithetic formation aboriginal successful the evening.

One root told The Sun: “It was a melodramatic country but unit kept their chill and everyone was truthful grateful the occurrence didn’t interruption retired astatine 30,000ft. That doesn't carnivore reasoning about.”

Executives offered enactment to traumatised hose unit - highlighting the seriousness of the incident.

Bart Prudon, EasyJet manager of formation operations, told unit the evacuation was caused by an “electrical occurrence successful a customer’s compartment bag”.

In a missive to unit helium said: “Our unit instantly followed procedure, which included evacuating the aircraft, utilizing extinguishers, and called the airdrome occurrence services.

“Medical services were made disposable to some our customers and our crew.”

He added: “I privation to accidental convey you to our unit who responded truthful rapidly and everyone who supported the cognition during this incident.

“We recognize events specified arsenic these tin person an interaction connected our colleagues and we are present to enactment you excessively should you request it.”

An hose spokesperson told The Sun: “EasyJet tin corroborate that flight EZY8216 from Heraklion to London Gatwick was evacuated during boarding anterior to departure connected 17 September, owed to a occurrence successful a passenger’s compartment bag.

"Fire services attended the craft and compartment unit evacuated the craft successful enactment with procedures.

“Customers were looked aft successful the terminal portion a replacement craft and unit were arranged to alert customers location aboriginal the aforesaid day.

"Safety is our highest priority.”