Jetblue A321 near Grand Rapids on May 30th 2017, LiOn battery overheats in flight

Last Update: June 7, 2017 / 13:53:21 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 30, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-915

Departure
New York JFK, United States

Destination
San Francisco, United States

Aircraft Registration
N967JT

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A Jetblue Airbus A321-200, registration N967JT performing flight B6-915 from New York JFK,NY to San Francisco,CA (USA) with 158 people on board, was enroute at FL340 about 50nm east of Grand Rapids,MI (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Grand Rapids due to smoke in the cabin emanating from a passengers carry on luggage. The aircraft landed safely on Grand Rapids' runway 26L about 20 minutes later. Cabin crew in the meantime had identified and cooled down a laptop the Lithium batteries of which had overheated.

The FAA reported the battery of a passenger's laptop had caught fire.

Jetblue reported the aircraft diverted due to smoke emanating from a passenger's carry on luggage, which held an electronic device. There have been no injuries and no damage to the aircraft.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 2.5 hours, then continued the journey and reached San Francisco with a delay of about 3 hours.

Emergency services reported they were alerted to a backpack by a passenger, which contained a laptop and a charging device, which had emitted smoke and was found with a small burn hole at its side. It turned out during subsequent investigation that a second charging device and a second set of batteries were in the side pocket of the backpack. The battery overheating had been located in the side pocket of the backpack, which contained no other items, and was identified to be a LG HG2 18650 Lithium Ion battery (capacity 3000mAh), which according to the passenger owning the backpack was used to operate a portable fan in the checked luggage.
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 30, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-915

Departure
New York JFK, United States

Destination
San Francisco, United States

Aircraft Registration
N967JT

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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