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Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Nightmare aboard Delta Boeing 757 after passenger's rechargeable battery burst into flames
A Delta Air Lines flight made an emergency landing after a passenger's personal battery burst into flames. The unidentified passenger's device caught fire while on Delta Flight 1334, a Boeing 757 traveling from Atlanta, Georgia, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Monday. Crew was able to extinguish the fire and keep all 185 passengers and six crew members safe, but the pilots still made an emergency landing in Fort Myers 'out of an abundance of caution' due to the 'residual smoke' left behind. 'Flight attendants worked quickly to extinguish a probable burning personal battery belonging to a customer while pilots followed procedures to safely divert the flight,' Delta told Daily Mail in a statement. 'We appreciate the quick work and actions by our people to follow their training, and we apologize to our customers for the delay in their travels.' The aircraft is being evaluated, and passengers are being rerouted to their destination. Video from inside the cabin showed a load of firefighters come onboard to check everything out before the passengers were allowed to offload. 'We have to wait for the fire department to clear the plane,' passenger, D'Andra, said in a TikTok. D'Andra said she was sleeping when the flames broke out, but was awoken by someone screaming: 'Fire! Fire! Fire!' 'I turn around it's pure smoke,' she said in a follow-up video. 'They had to use a fire extinguisher, it was a whole mess.' It is unclear what caused the personal battery to catch fire. Portable chargers contain lithium batteries and are allowed in passengers' carry-on luggage. The devices can experience thermal runaway, when the battery overheats rapidly and can cause a fire or explosion. Passengers are limited to two grams of lithium per battery and can have up to four devices with these batteries onboard. 'These incidents are on the rise, but the good news is they are largely preventable,' Jeff Marootian, a safety expert, told 11 Alive. 'Passengers should be aware of what they're packing, especially when it comes to lithium-ion battery-powered devices.' Marootian advises fliers to make sure to follow directions and keep these batteries in carry-on bags only. 'It's critical to keep these devices within arm's reach. If a fire were to happen in checked luggage, the outcome could be very different. 'Thankfully, in today's situation, the flight crew knew how to respond, and a major catastrophe was averted.'
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Yahoo
Delta Air Lines flight with nearly 200 aboard diverted to RSW after battery catches fire
A routine flight from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale with nearly 200 people on board diverted and made an emergency landing after airline officials say a personal battery caught fire. "Flight attendants worked quickly to extinguish a probable burning personal battery belonging to a customer while pilots followed procedures to safely divert the flight," Samantha Facteau, spokesperson for Delta Air Lines, wrote in an emailed statement. "We appreciate the quick work and actions by our people to follow their training, and we apologize to our customers for the delay in their travels." Facteau said Delta flight 1334 had 185 passengers and six crew members on board. RSW flights: Frontier announces launch of new nonstop flight out of RSW in Fort Myers. What to know The crew diverted to Fort Myers' RSW airport because of residual smoke from the extinguished personal device and declared an emergency out of an abundance of caution, Facteau said. Facteau explained that officials continued to evaluate the aircraft. Victoria Moreland, spokesperson for the Lee County Port Authority, said the flight landed in Fort Myers, 130 miles away from its destination, about 8:50 a.m. "There was no impact to flight operations at RSW," Moreland said in an emailed statement. Tomas Rodriguez is a Breaking/Live News Reporter for the Naples Daily News and The News-Press. You can reach Tomas at TRodriguez@ or 772-333-5501. Connect with him on Threads @tomasfrobeltran, Instagram @tomasfrobeltran, Facebook @tomasrodrigueznews and Bluesky @tomasfrodriguez. This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Delta Air Lines flight makes emergency landing at RSW
