{"id":137156,"date":"2023-03-02T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=137156"},"modified":"2023-03-03T00:14:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T00:14:31","slug":"spirit-flight-to-jacksonville-diverted-due-to-battery-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2023\/03\/spirit-flight-to-jacksonville-diverted-due-to-battery-fire.html","title":{"rendered":"Spirit flight to Jacksonville diverted due to battery fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <strong>Spirit Airlines <\/strong>flight flying from Dallas to Orlando had to divert to an airport in Jacksonville, Florida, due to a passenger&#8217;s electronic device battery catching fire in the overhead compartments in the cabin, airline representatives said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flight 259 landed safely Wednesday afternoon and was towed to the terminal, the airline said. Several people who experienced discomfort were transported to hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There was a firefighter who reacted, crew personnel arrived and they tried to pour water on it. Someone else got a container and they put it out, but it was about 20 minutes,&#8221; passenger Kerri Arakawa told FirstCoast News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2023\/02\/airport-incidents-a-challenge-for-u-s-authorities.html\">Airport incidents a challenge for U.S. authorities<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacksonville Fire Rescue authorities initially reported that one person had been taken to the hospital, but as time passed more people began to feel ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire Capt. Eric Proswimmer told the TV station that they ended up taking 10 people to the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We thank our crew and passengers for their quick actions to ensure the safety of everyone on board, and we thank first responders for coming to the aircraft,&#8221; the airline said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spirit gave refunds and vouchers to passengers and arranged ground transportation to Orlando, AP reported.<\/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-66dd8334     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=\"423\" 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 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