{"id":516547,"date":"2026-08-22T18:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T08:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/american-airlines-laptop-fire-passengers-burned\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T18:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T08:24:24","slug":"4-to-5-passengers-burned-laptop-catches-fire-on-american-airlines-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=516547","title":{"rendered":"‘4 To 5 Passengers Burned’: Laptop Catches Fire On American Airlines Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

A passenger’s laptop caught fire in the cabin of an American Airlines<\/a><\/span> flight from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport<\/a><\/span> (ATL) to Dallas\/Fort Worth International Airport<\/a><\/span> (DFW) on Friday, with one of the pilots telling air traffic controllers that up to five people on board may have been burned. The aircraft \u2014 an Airbus A321 with 133 people onboard \u2014 landed safely in Dallas amid a significant emergency presence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The device was contained by flight attendants, but multiple passengers were reportedly injured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[582,396,476,636,1554,5652,794,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-516547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airbus-a321","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-american-airlines","category-fire","category-laptop","category-passengers","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t