01-11-2016 03:20 via alaskapublic.org

Alaska Air flight grounded after e-cig batteries ingnite

Passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Anchorage on Sunday were delayed over five hours after a passenger’s backpack started burning. Batteries for an e-cigarette are the likely culprit.
Listen Now(Photo courtesy of Alaska Airlines and Virgin Airlines)Flight 67 had just made a scheduled stop in Ketchikan at 3:30 Sunday afternoon, and about half the passengers had deplaned when the incident occurred.
Andrew Hames was seated just a few rows behind the passenger.
“And I
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