Laptop Battery Fire Ends in Safe Landing on AA Flight at DFW
TL;DR
An American Airlines Airbus A321 flying from Atlanta to Dallas–Fort Worth landed safely after a laptop battery overheated and sparked a fire on board. Flight attendants contained the blaze with a thermal containment bag; one passenger received medical attention and was released, and the FAA is investigating the incident.
- American Airlines flight lands safely after laptop battery catches fire on board; passenger injured Fox News
- Person treated after device catches fire on American Airlines flight to Dallas NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
- American Airlines flight lands safely at DFW after smoke reported from passenger’s device FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
- ‘I just saw the smoke:’ Passengers injured on flight from Atlanta to Dallas from laptop fire WSB-TV
- Laptop catches fire on US flight, with passenger treated at airport BBC
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