{"id":135163,"date":"2022-12-27T17:11:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T17:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=135163"},"modified":"2022-12-27T17:11:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T17:11:33","slug":"lufthansa-plane-diverted-to-chicago-after-laptop-catches-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/12\/lufthansa-plane-diverted-to-chicago-after-laptop-catches-fire.html","title":{"rendered":"Lufthansa plane diverted to Chicago after laptop catches fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A German airline<strong> Lufthansa<\/strong> flight between Los Angeles and Frankfurt had to land at Chicago&#8217;s O&#8217;Hare International Airport Monday night after a passenger&#8217;s laptop caught fire, the airline said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The diversion was made as a precautionary measure after an overheated laptop caused a small fire in the passenger cabin, the airline said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/12\/small-fire-forces-evacuation-of-jetblue-aircraft-at-jfk-airport.html\">Small fire forces evacuation of Jetblue aircraft at JFK airport<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fire had been extinguished by the time the aircraft landed, WLS-TV reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>None of the passengers were injured, but two flight attendants were treated for smoke inhalation following the &#8220;unscheduled landing,&#8221; Lufthansa said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline said its ground staff helped passengers rebook flights to their final destinations and said it regretted &#8220;the inconvenience caused to passengers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo: Kiefer\/<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Lufthansa_Boeing_747-8_%2816278574162%29.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Wikimedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-b2397fff     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"507\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/europe-could-face-jet-fuel-shortage-within-weeks-aci-warns.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Combustible-de-aviacion.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Combustible-de-aviacion.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Combustible-de-aviacion-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Combustible-de-aviacion-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Combustible-de-aviacion-380x190.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/europe-could-face-jet-fuel-shortage-within-weeks-aci-warns.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Europe Could Face Jet Fuel Shortage Within Weeks, ACI Warns<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/europe-could-face-jet-fuel-shortage-within-weeks-aci-warns.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/lufthansa-cabin-crew-strike-affects-thousands-of-passengers.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lufthansa-aviones.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lufthansa-aviones.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lufthansa-aviones-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lufthansa-aviones-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lufthansa-aviones-380x190.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/lufthansa-cabin-crew-strike-affects-thousands-of-passengers.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Lufthansa Cabin Crew Strike Affects Thousands of Passengers<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/lufthansa-cabin-crew-strike-affects-thousands-of-passengers.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/iberia-express-resumes-direct-flights-between-madrid-and-reykjavik-for-summer-season.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Iberia-Express-Airbus-A320.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Iberia-Express-Airbus-A320.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Iberia-Express-Airbus-A320-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Iberia-Express-Airbus-A320-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Iberia-Express-Airbus-A320-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/iberia-express-resumes-direct-flights-between-madrid-and-reykjavik-for-summer-season.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Iberia Express Resumes Direct Flights Between Madrid and Reykjavik for Summer Season<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/iberia-express-resumes-direct-flights-between-madrid-and-reykjavik-for-summer-season.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/ryanair-bolsters-its-commitment-to-malaga-91-routes-and-589-weekly-flights-for-this-summer.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ryanair-Malaga-verano-2026.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ryanair-Malaga-verano-2026.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ryanair-Malaga-verano-2026-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ryanair-Malaga-verano-2026-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ryanair-Malaga-verano-2026-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/ryanair-bolsters-its-commitment-to-malaga-91-routes-and-589-weekly-flights-for-this-summer.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Ryanair Bolsters its Commitment to M\u00e1laga: 91 Routes and 589 Weekly Flights for This Summer<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/ryanair-bolsters-its-commitment-to-malaga-91-routes-and-589-weekly-flights-for-this-summer.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A German airline Lufthansa flight between Los Angeles and Frankfurt had to land at Chicago&#8217;s O&#8217;Hare International Airport&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":4316,"featured_media":135154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[222,230,203,221],"class_list":{"0":"post-135163","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-incidents-and-accidents","8":"tag-aircraft","9":"tag-airline","10":"tag-lufthansa-2","11":"tag-usa"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8.jpg",800,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8-768x384.jpg",768,384,true],"large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8.jpg",800,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8.jpg",800,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8.jpg",800,400,false],"pk-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8.jpg",80,40,false],"pk-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8.jpg",300,150,false],"csco-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8-80x80.jpg",80,80,true],"csco-intermediate":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"csco-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8-380x220.jpg",380,220,true],"csco-thumbnail-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8-300x180.jpg",300,180,true],"csco-thumbnail-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8-380x190.jpg",380,190,true],"csco-medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-medium-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8-560x336.jpg",560,336,true],"csco-medium-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-large-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-extra-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lufthansa-Boeing-747-8.jpg",800,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Redacci\u00f3n - Aviaci\u00f3n al D\u00eda","author_link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/author\/aad"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"A German airline Lufthansa flight between Los Angeles and Frankfurt had to land at Chicago&#8217;s O&#8217;Hare International Airport&hellip;","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135163"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135171,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135163\/revisions\/135171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}