2024-07-12: American Airlines Airbus A321 (N917UY, built 2015) was evacuated at San Francisco-Intl AP(KSFO), CA, USA when a laptop emitted heat and smoke inside a passenger’s carry-on baggage. Flight #AA2045 had just arrived at its gate B27 coming from Miami when 3 chutes were deployed and passengers also evacuated via the attached jetway. Three people sustained minor injuries.
A small fire broke out after a laptop’s battery caught fire inside the cabin of an American Airlines Airbus A321 (N917UY) aircraft at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) while preparing for flight #AA2045 to Miami on July 12. Some passengers evacuated via emergency slides, and others deplaned from the jet bridge. According to the SFO, three people received minor injuries during the evacuation.
𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙞𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 that smoke was initiated from a laptop inside a passenger’s bag. “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵. 𝘞𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.”
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