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| Date: | Friday 4 January 2019 |
| Time: | c. 21:00 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-823 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N922NN |
| MSN: | 29574/4401 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 138 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Las Vegas-McCarran Airport, NV (LAS/KLAS) |
| Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
American Airlines flight AA168, a Boeing 737-800, was taxiing to the gate at Chicago-O'Hare International Airport when a passenger's e-cigarette lithium battery overheated.
Flight attendants contained the smoke/fire.
Sources:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fire-breaks-out-inside-plane-after-passengers-vape-overheats-at-ohare/
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2019 08:53 | harro | Added |
| 05-Jan-2019 14:06 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 05-Jan-2019 14:07 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
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