WASHINGTON, July 13: Smoke from a passenger’s laptop prompted emergency evacuation in an American Airlines plane at the San Francisco International Airport and caused three passengers to be injured in the process on Friday.
Airport officials said American Airlines Flight 2045 was about to take off for Miami at about 12.17 pm local time when the crew reported smoke in the cabin.
Crew members evacuated the Airbus A321 aircraft and removed the source of the smoke, which was a laptop in a passenger’s bag.
The San Francisco Fire Department arrived on the scene and extinguished the laptop by submerging it in a tub of water. Fire department officials said the smoke was caused by a lithium-ion battery fire.
Some passengers used emergency slides to evacuate the plane while others used the jet bridge.
A spokesperson with the San Francisco International Airport told CBS News that three passengers suffered minor injuries during the evacuation, with one transported to a hospital for treatment,
— BERNAMA-UPI