- A passenger smoked a cigarette in the bathroom of an El Al plane on Friday, per The Times of Israel.
- He tried to dispose of the cigarette in a trash can, but it set tissue paper aflame, causing a fire.
Per the Times of Israel, an Israeli passenger caused a fire on an El Al flight from Tel Aviv to Bangkok on Friday after smoking a cigarette in the plane's bathroom and attempting to dispose of it in a trash can, according to the airline.
The passenger's cigarette butt set toilet paper and tissues inside the trash can aflame, The Times of Israel reported.
Flight attendants and the plane's captains used extinguishers to put the fire out, El Al representatives said, per the newspaper. The airline added that it caused no damage.
"The flight continued as scheduled and landed safely at Bangkok Airport," El Al representatives told The Times of Israel.
El Al representatives added that the passenger will be facing legal action once he returns from Thailand to Israel, according to the newspaper.
The newspaper reported that the airline did not involve Thai local police in the matter as airplane crew put the fire out quickly and did not cause any damage to the plane.
Globally, almost all airlines and most governments prohibit in-flight smoking.
Last month, the Times of Israel reported that a passenger on a delayed Wizz Air flight from Tel Aviv to Bucharest, Romania, declared that he wanted to smoke a cigarette.
The pilot called for the police, who approached the passenger, the newspaper said. "I want to smoke a cigarette," the passenger said, per The Times of Israel. "I've been here for four hours, I'm going to smoke a cigarette! I smoke weed! I'm sick, I'm allowed to smoke weed, I have a permit."
Police did not detain or remove anyone from the plane, the newspaper reported.