Four people were taken to the hospital after an external battery caught fire on a United Airlines flight bound for Newark on Tuesday.
Shortly after takeoff from San Diego International Airport on Tuesday morning, a customer’s battery pack ignited in a seatback pocket. According to the airline, crew members contained the blaze by placing the battery into a thermal containment bag while flight 2664 returned to San Diego where passengers and crew members recieved attention from medics and fire department officials.
