E-cigarette batteries ignite, delaying 67
Nov 1, 2016, 9:29 am
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E-cigarette batteries ignite, delaying 67
From KCAW (Sitka Public Radio) web page:
Alaska Air flight grounded after e-cig batteries ingnite
Passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Anchorage on Sunday (10-30-16) were delayed over 5 hours after a passenger’s backpack started burning. Batteries for an e-cigarette are the likely culprit.
Flight 67 had just made a scheduled stop in Ketchikan at 3:30 Sunday afternoon, and about half the passengers had deplaned, when the incident occurred.
Alaska Air flight grounded after e-cig batteries ingnite
Passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Anchorage on Sunday (10-30-16) were delayed over 5 hours after a passenger’s backpack started burning. Batteries for an e-cigarette are the likely culprit.
Flight 67 had just made a scheduled stop in Ketchikan at 3:30 Sunday afternoon, and about half the passengers had deplaned, when the incident occurred.
Nov 1, 2016, 1:36 pm
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Well...we knew smoking was bad for you 
Guess e-cigs are the new hoverboards, or Samsung Galaxy 7
Guess e-cigs are the new hoverboards, or Samsung Galaxy 7
Nov 2, 2016, 8:42 am
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My husband's battery went POOF! while he had his in his mouth (!) and I have a friend who had a hole burned in his carpet from a smoking battery.
I'm not at all surprised.
Nov 2, 2016, 8:04 pm
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What I understand happened is that the battery(ies) came in contact with the pax's keys and that was the initiating event. For what it's worth.