Lufthansa’s flight LH457 between Los Angeles and Frankfurt with Boeing 7478 D-ABYJ on December 26 was forced to make an emergency landing at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport after a laptop caught fire in the cabin.
Flight attendants took swift action and used an onboard fire extinguisher to extinguish the fire.
On December 26, #Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 (D-ABYJ) flight #LH457 from #LosAngeles to #Frankfurt made an unscheduled landing at Chicago O’Hare International Airport after a passenger's laptop caught fire.
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— FlightMode (@FlightModeblog) January 2, 2023
Meanwhile, onboard an Ural Airlines Airbus A321 (VP-BBH, but illegally re-registered by Russia as RA-73842) was evecuated on the ramp at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport after a passenger’s power bank caught fire after it suffered a thermal runaway. The airliner was evacuated.
Ural Airlines Airbus A321 (VP-BBH, illegal reg RA-73842, built 2006) was evacuated on the tarmac during taxi-out for departure at Moscow-DME Intl AP (UUDD), Russia. A passenger's power bank had a thermal runaway causing smoke + fire. https://t.co/ZtxUd1dXPF https://t.co/c09nqP0FE9 pic.twitter.com/EvVTQ6qEJM
— JACDEC (@JacdecNew) December 29, 2022
Is this the new safety issue for airlines?