I have seen so many people bring battery chargers on to aircraft. On my THAI flight from Hong Kong a week ago, several people were watching movies on their phones, some using chargers. With wifi available on many flights now, phones, tablets and chargers are much more commonly seen. If one goes up in smoke mid-air. I hope I am not on that aircraft.A fire aboard a Virgin Atlantic flight headed to London has forced the plane to make an emergency landing in Boston.
Massachusetts state police said that the crew extinguished the fire caused by a suspected faulty battery charger on board the A330 Airbus plane on Thursday night local time.
An external phone charger appears to have caused the fire.
Massachusetts state police bomb disposal officers examined the aircraft after it landed and found a device between the cushions of a seat which had ignited.
“Preliminary investigation suggests it is a battery pack consistent in appearance with an external phone charger,” a police spokesman said.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... e-on-board