Lufthansa Passengers Evacuate Plane After Laptop Catches Fire Mid-Flight

​On December 26, 2022, Lufthansa Flight LH457, a Boeing 747-8 traveling from Los Angeles to Frankfurt, experienced a mid-air emergency when a passenger’s laptop caught fire. The incident prompted the flight crew to divert the aircraft to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, where it landed safely.​ Incident Overview The fire originated from an overheated laptop stored…