Four people on a United Airlines flight, including flight attendants, were rushed to hospital Tuesday after the battery pack of a passenger’s laptop caught fire shortly after the plane took off from the San Diego International Airport. The plane returned safely and all four were treated for smoke inhalation, United States broadcaster CNN reported.
“United Airlines Flight 2664 returned safely to San Diego International Airport around 7.30 am local time after a customer’s battery pack ignited,” airline spokesperson Charles Hobart said.
Caroline Lipinski, a passenger, told a local news channel that a few minutes after take-off a bag belonging to someone in First Class began smoking. “He threw something on the ground and it was a battery charger pack or something from his laptop… it burst into fire,” she said.
