An anonymous reader shared This Business Insider report:
A Lufthansa flight that transported 461 passengers had to deviate after someone’s tablet “stuck” in an executive class seat.
The Airbus A380 took off from Los Angeles on Wednesday, bound for Munich, and had been flying for about three hours when the pilots deviated to Boston Logan International Airport. In a statement to Business internAn airline spokesman said the tablet had “stuck in an executive class seat” and “had already shown visible signs of deformation due to seat movements” when the flight deviated. [The aviation site] Simply flyingwhich First reported the newsHe said the device was an iPad.
The decision to divert was taken “to eliminate any potential risk, particularly with respect to the possible overheating,” added the spokesman, saying that it was the joint decision of the crew and air traffic control. Lithium batteries represent a safety risk if they are damaged, perforated or crushed … in a space confined as a plane cabin, a lithium battery. represents a serious danger for passengers aboard. Last year, a Breeze Airways flight from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh had to make an emergency landing in Albuquerque after a Passenger laptop fired caught.
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