Laptop Battery Fire Breaks Out on United Flight

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A battery fire from a laptop broke out on a United Airlines flight, forcing the plane to return to SAn Diego. The city's fire crews, saying four people were taken to the hospital with non life threatening injuries. The New Jersey bound flight reported the fire in a cabin at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Yesterday, authorities say that the flames ignited from an external battery pack, fortunately, the flight crew was able to keep the fire from spreading.