Fire on Delta plane forces emergency landing in Fort Myers

A Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale made an unexpected detour to Fort Myers on Monday after the battery from a passenger’s personal electronic device apparently caught fire.

“Flight attendants worked quickly to extinguish a probable burning personal battery belonging to a customer while pilots followed procedures to safely divert the flight,” a Delta spokesperson told USA TODAY.

Even though the device was extinguished, residual smoke prompted Delta Flight 1334 to land at Southwest Florida International Airport, where firefighters met the plane as a precaution…

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