American Airlines Flight 2398 landed safely at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport on Friday after a passenger laptop caught fire in the cabin of an Airbus A321 carrying 133 people from Atlanta. Emergency crews met the aircraft on arrival, and one passenger was treated and released after the incident. The fire was contained by the crew using a thermal containment bag.
Air-traffic-control audio indicated that several passengers may have suffered burns, with the pilot reporting four to five possible injuries. That account has not been fully reconciled with the airline’s statement on the number of people treated, leaving the exact injury count unsettled. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident, which occurred during the final part of the flight as the aircraft approached Dallas.