Spirit Airlines flight makes emergency landing at JAX due to battery fire in overhead bin

[smacuser]

Spirit Airlines flight makes emergency landing at JAX due to battery fire in overhead bin

A Spirit Airlines flight that was traveling from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Orlando International Airport had to make an emergency landing Wednesday afternoon at Jacksonville International Airport.

www.news4jax.com

 

[somdcomputerguy]

 

[smacuser]

Yeah. In case you didn't know, don't charge your vape in a stuffed enclosed overhead. Yeesh.

Though, Spirit is pretty much the Greyhound of airlines,

 

[JCinFLA]

According to the comments left on that website...another news source said the irresponsible person was charging his cell phone inside his closed up backpack in the overhead bin...not a vaping device.

 

[smacuser]

According to the comments left on that website...another news source said the irresponsible person was charging his cell phone inside his closed up backpack in the overhead bin...not a vaping device.

Fool's a chump.

Also, beware of counterfeit batteries.