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n February 23, 2008, at 1307 Bangkok local time, EVA Airways Flight BR67, a Boeing 747-400 aircraft, registration B-16410, landed at Bangkok. The aircraft was on block at 1307. At about 1310, during passengers disembarking, passengers at rear noticed smoke came out of the sidewall of 64A/65A seats. The smoke was suppressed by the fire extinguisher after APU power removal, no injury was reported.

During the initial investigation, after the aircraft came back to Taiwan on February 26, it was noticed that a stand-off of an APU generator power feed cable was failed in the left waste tank compartment. The cable was burn-out due to chafe with a nearby bolt and the lower insulation blanket was burnt.

In accordance with section 5.1, chapter 5 of ICAO Annex 13, Thailand CAA delegated whole part of the investigation to ASC, Taiwan, the state of registry.