PhotoA Southwest Airlines flight scheduled to leave Louisville, Ky., on Wednesday morning was evacuated on the runway after a passenger’s Samsung cellphone caught fire, passengers and the airline said. “We are working with the authorities and Southwest now to recover the device and confirm the cause,” the statement said. Mr. Green told The Verge that he had picked up the new phone on Sept. 21, after the recall. The owner quickly dropped the device on the floor, Mrs. Sundman said in a phone interview. “I did not see any of the passengers lose control,” Mrs. Sundman said.

Source: New York Times October 05, 2016 20:56 UTC