
Safety & Regulation
Laptop Fire Forces American Airlines Jet Into Emergency Landing at DFW — the 58th Battery Incident of 2026
A passenger's laptop ignited mid-flight on American Airlines Flight 2398, forcing an emergency landing at Dallas Fort Worth. The FAA says it is the 58th verified lithium-battery smoke or fire incident on a US passenger plane this year.
26 August 2026 · 9 minRajkumar Agarwal