Now from abc7, live breaking news. And that breaking news is from michigan. A lithium battery erupts into flames in the middle of a crosscountry flight. Lets get right to Katie Marzullo with the breaking details. Katie . Reporter the faa tells us it was the lithium battery in a passengers laptop that caught fire. The laptop was in a backpack in the cabin of the plane. So were talking about jetblue flight 915, coming to San Francisco from new yorks jfk and had to make an Emergency Landing at the airport in grand rapids, michigan. This is video of the plane after it landed there. We understand that at some point passengers smelled smoke and the fire was discovered. And the flight was diverted. A woman on the plane told the abc affiliate in michigan this. I was stunned. I knew something was going to happen, because, you know, lithium batteries catching on fire when youre up at 38,000 feet, you cant help but think that weve gotta do something. So, i was prepared for it. Reporter the fire w
Now from abc7, live breaking news. And that breaking news is from michigan. A lithium battery erupts into flames in the middle of a crosscountry flight. Lets get right to Katie Marzullo with the breaking details. Katie . Reporter the faa tells us it was the lithium battery in a passengers laptop that caught fire. The laptop was in a backpack in the cabin of the plane. So were talking about jetblue flight 915, coming to San Francisco from new yorks jfk and had to make an Emergency Landing at the airport in grand rapids, michigan. This is video of the plane after it landed there. We understand that at some point passengers smelled smoke and the fire was discovered. And the flight was diverted. A woman on the plane told the abc affiliate in michigan this. I was stunned. I knew something was going to happen, because, you know, lithium batteries catching on fire when youre up at 38,000 feet, you cant help but think that weve gotta do something. So, i was prepared for it. Reporter the fire w
Abc affiliate in michigan this. I was stunned. I knew something was going to happen, because, you know, lithium batteries catching on fire when youre up at 38,000 feet, you cant help but think that weve gotta do something. So, i was prepared for it. Reporter the fire was put out before the plane landed, which was around 8 00 in michigan. No one was hurt and there was no damage to the plane. Jetblue released a statement tonight. It reads, jetblue flight 915 from new yorks jfk to San Francisco, diverted to grand rapids, michigan, following reports of smoke emitting from a carryon bag, holding an electronic device. The flight landed safely and the aircraft is being inspected by maintenance crews before customers continue on to San Francisco. We know theyre on their way to San Francisco now, finally. You heard from cat honnibol in our story. Her daughter is also on the plane and she told us via email, that passengers were patient at first, but they were in michigan for almost three hours.