CHICAGO (AP) — A Lufthansa flight from Los Angeles to Frankfurt, Germany, made an unscheduled landing at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport after a passenger’s laptop caught fire, the airline said.
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Monday night’s landing at O’Hare was a precautionary step after an overheated laptop caused a small fire in the passenger cabin, the airline said.
The fire was out by the time the plane made a safe landing, WLS-TV reported.
None of the passengers were injured, but two flight attendants were treated for smoke inhalation following the “unscheduled landing,” Lufthansa said in a statement.
The airline said its ground staff was helping passengers get rebooked for flights to their final destinations and said it “regrets the inconvenience caused to passengers.”
I have a better idea. every time there is an incident with a laptop battery (or similar device) hold the manufacturer responsible for incidental expenses. The cost of an emergency landing is likely over 200G. If the battery was a replacement hold the seller responsible. If it was an EBay or Amazon third party make Ebay pay. There will be less problems within a very short time.
There is little to fear when the manufacturer gets off scot free, they are likrly to not focus on the battery quality, even more so for a battery seller in Chiba.