On Wednesday , a trajectory from LaGuardia airport to Texas wrench unexpectedly smoky when a vape battery reportedly stored in an overhead bin overheat and burst into flames .
The Houston - bound Delta flight was mercifully still on the LaGuardia tarmac when the fire started . According toCBS New York , passengers were still in the process of boarding when a campfire odor fill the cabin . The seed of the flames was reportedly a vape barrage stored in a rider ’s baggage . Rex Sakamoto , a producer with the viral video news outlet NowThis , was on the scene and shared smartphone videos of theflaming luggageand an airline attendantusing an extinguisherto hold the fire .
Sakamoto told CBS that activate could be seen coming out of the overhead bin above row 10 as passengers clear something was definitely wrong . ABC Newspublished a statement it obtained about the incident , which described the beginning of the fume as a “ overheated battery pack ” :
While boarding SkyWest flight 3879 , operating as Delta Connection from LaGuardia to Houston , smoke appear from a passenger ’s bag in an overhead bin , triggered by an overheat barrage fire pack inside the bag . passenger deplane routinely through the chief cabin doorway and we are work to serve our customers summarize their travels to Houston on a dissimilar aircraft as quickly as possible .
We reached out to Delta to ask if it is aware of what eccentric of stamp battery gang overheated , but we did not receive an immediate answer .
Thevolatile natureof lithium - ion batteries bring in widespread attention when a serial of fires prompt Samsung torecallits Note 7 smartphones and result in the devices beingbannedfrom flying by the Department of Transportation . Li - ion fires can occur when poorly manufactured or damaged batteries overheat . The obliterable 18650 atomic number 3 - ion mobile phone used in vapes and other devices — which come along superficially similar to vulgar alkaline shelling — are particularly prone to volatile trunks .
In recent months , we ’ve heard about anumberofincidentswhere authorities determined that a person died from fly shrapnel or subsequentfiresafter a vape pen exploded . A U.S. Fire Administrationreportconcluded that at least 195 reported vape explosion have occurred between 2009 and 2016 . Last year , a studyby researchers from several American universities estimated that the number was quite a bit higher . It conclude that between 2015 and 2017 , over 2,000 explosion or burns associated with e - cigarettes had fall out .
The FDA hassome advicefor best safety pattern when using a vape that let in insure the machine has breathing hole and never charge it with a phone or pad . And for frequent fliers who vape , call back that the FAA prohibits superfluous Li batteries and Es - cigarettesin checked luggage , involve passenger to keep them on their person or in carry - on bags when flying .
[ CBS New York ]
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