08/08/2026
THIS is why phones (or anything with a Lithium Ion battery) don’t go into a Hyperbaric Chamber. An Airplane and a Hyperbaric Chamber are both Pressurized Vessels for Human Occupancy.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1C8KAbrbxY/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Minutes after Alaska Airlines Flight 2117 had lifted from the runway, a phone and power bank sitting in a passenger’s lap burst into flames.
The fire scorched the passenger’s arms and legs before she tossed the devices into the aisle, where flight attendants scrambled to get them into a fireproof bag to quell the blaze. Pilots declared an emergency, dropped oxygen masks in the cabin, and turned back to Wichita, Kan.
The incident from earlier this year is just one example of what airlines and regulators say is the fastest-growing safety threat to air travel—phones, power banks and vapes spontaneously catching fire midflight.
Clarification: The photo used in this piece is from an Air Busan flight in 2025 after a power-bank fire in an overhead bin.
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