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| Date: | Monday 26 December 2022 |
| Time: | 20:20 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-830 |
| Owner/operator: | Lufthansa |
| Registration: | D-ABYJ |
| MSN: | 37834/1477 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | over Minnesota -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
| Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Lufthansa flight LH457, a Boeing 747-830, was about three hours into the flight from Los Angeles Airport, CA (LAX) and Frankfurt (FRA), Germany, when the lithium battery of a laptop of one of the passengers had suffered a thermal runaway. It started to emit smoke/flames. This was contained by cabin crew members, but the flight crew decided to divert to Chicago-O'Hare Airport, IL (ORD) as a precaution.
Two flight attendants were treated for smoke inhalation.
Sources:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lufthansa-flight-lands-chicago-ohare-after-laptop-fire-95852777
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/lh457#2ea8adb9
Media:
At around 9:30pm, the #Chicago Fire Department responded to a possible mid air fire onboard #Lufthansa Flight 457 from LA to Frankfurt. Reports indicated 2 flight attendants suffered from smoke inhalation from a laptop fire (NOT CONFIRMED). #LH457 #ChicagoScanner @CapturedNews pic.twitter.com/1uMVkM7OeA
— NorthShore Updates (@UpdatesNorth) December 27, 2022
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