NEW YORK (AP) — Emergency responders evacuated a JetBlue flight at JFK International Airport in New York City as a result of a small fire in a passenger’s laptop on Saturday evening, officials said.
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Officials from the FAA, JetBlue and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the aircraft was taxing to a gate at Terminal 5 when a lithium battery in a passenger’s laptop caught fire, the New York Daily News reported.
The fire was quickly extinguished by the crew of JetBlue Flight 662 from Bridgetown, Barbados.
First responders and the crew evacuated 67 people from the Airbus A320 jet using an emergency slide system. Another 60 passengers exited the plane normally, the Port Authority said.
Seven passengers suffered minor injuries, including smoke inhalation and bruised elbows, the Port Authority said.
“Safety is always our number one priority, and we are investigating this incident in coordination with the FAA and NTSB,” JetBlue said in a statement to the Daily News.
OMG. A battery caught fire that was quickly extinguished. What a bunch of little babies, afraid of their own shadow. Typical mentality of these coward lemechel disposable mask wearers.
This is why Daas Torah tells us to stay away from technology. They know what is going to happen & how to protect ourselves.
The fire was put out… but they had to have everybody jump out the slides? Afraid it might reignite? How about just throw the laptop down the slide? Safer no?
Love how the story reports it as a small fire, as if the size of the fire, not the end result, is all that mattered. Probably some lawyer called it small to mitigate against lawsuits and the news outlets just went with it without using their own kups to do their own story drafting.
Laptops should not be allowed to be brought on board the aircraft, since the fire could have occurred while the flight was in the air, with disastrous consequences.