Flight diverted when laptop's lithium battery catches fire - News Summed Up

Flight diverted when laptop's lithium battery catches fire


Story highlights No one was injured in the incident, officials said"I was really scared," one passenger said(CNN) A lithium battery in a passenger's laptop caught fire aboard a cross-country JetBlue flight Tuesday, causing the plane to divert to Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The fire was caused by a lithium battery in a passenger's laptop, officials said. No one was injured on the flight, which was traveling from New York's JFK Airport to San Francisco, and the plane was not damaged. The fire came from a passenger's carry-on laptop, and was cooled by the time the plane landed, according to Air Traffic Control audio. A laptop caught fire on a cross-country JetBlue flight, leaving behind several black streaks.


Source: CNN May 31, 2017 14:48 UTC



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