Litium battery thermal event Incident ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220143
 
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Date:Sunday 14 January 2018
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Owner/operator:Alaska Airlines
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Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: None
Location: -
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Little or no information is available
Narrative:
During flight, the passenger at Seat 6F notified the flight crew that while his cell phone was plugged into the USB outlet, it became very warm and started bulging. The device was not on fire or smoking; however, flight crew put the device in the Battery

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