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…