Footage from Barcelona captured the dramatic moment panicked tourists on a Ryanair plane escaped via an emergency chute after a passenger's mobile phone battery burst into flames minutes before takeoff.

The dramatic footage shows that it initially burned a hole in an aircraft seat before being knocked to the floor in flames. However, cabin crew organised an emergency evacuation using the inflatable slides.

Amazing video from Mr. Kevin Burke. You can see how terrified we were. No-one speaking, no-one moving. Silence and just silence.#Ryanair #nightmare pic.twitter.com/YFYRiORy2s

— Minerva Galvan (@Maingd) July 14, 2018

Travelers could be seen falling over each other in a bid to get away from the aircraft as quickly as they could, right after the inflatable slide was activated.

WARNING: Clip contains strong language.

@Ryanair Evacuation today at Barcelona airport due to passenger electronic device #lithiumbattery #cabincrew #cabincrewlife #cabincrewtraining #azafata #flightattendant #aeromoza #TCP #safety #evacuation pic.twitter.com/u8fPFuM6KD

— Cabin Crew Club (@club_cabin) July 31, 2018

The drama happened around 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday at Barcelona's El Prat Airport as the packed plane was preparing to take off for Ibiza.

No one needed medical attention, although some passengers are said to have suffered slight burns as they slid down the emergency chute.

looks like it harfer to get to ibiza then we thought ive never seen so many people so scared in there life! portable charger blew up in the same row as I was sitting everyone tries to run and all I do was put it out with water 😂 luckily it was just before taking off come on people how can no one else think of doing that fire across the whole plane width of the plane emergency exits are pre fun when there's not a real emergency #ryanair #fire #emergency #panic #geteveryoneout #bombscare To use this video in a commercial player or in broadcasts, please email [email protected]

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Footage taken by onlookers and other passengers who had already left the aircraft showed the moments of tension, sparked by the plane filling with smoke.

Passengers were taken to the airport’s Terminal One while they waited to board another plane and their luggage transferred to the new flight. Firefighters were not called upon to deal with the incident. 

Photographs that claim to show the phone, and the damage to the plane, were later shared to Twitter.

Here you can find the pics of the mobile phone and power bank that caused the #evacuation on #ryanair flight yesterday at Barcelona Airport. Caution awareness needs to be raising regarding #lithiumbattery #cabincrew #flightattendant #azafata #aeromoza #TCP #dangerousgoods pic.twitter.com/7GRA0OSz3d

— Cabin Crew Club (@club_cabin) August 1, 2018

The unnamed passenger whose mobile caught fire is said to be from New Zealand. The device is thought to have been in a suitcase in the storage area above his seat.

“The passengers of a flight from Barcelona to Ibiza were evacuated in an emergency at Barcelona’s El Prat Airport because of a fire in a mobile phone that was being charged with an external battery," a spokesperson for Ryanair said in a statement on Tuesday. “All the passengers were evacuated from the aircraft in a safe way to the terminal and the cabin crew took charge of the device."

“Ryanair is working to organize a replacement plane to re-accomodate the passengers as fast as possible," the airline added.

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