ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220113
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| Date: | Friday 5 August 2016 |
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| Type: | |
| Owner/operator: | Delta Air Lines |
| Registration: | |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Newark, NJ (EWR) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | KEWR |
| KDTW | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A passenger’s personal lithium battery charging device caught fire prior to takeoff (during pushback) in a seat pocket DL flight 949 in Newark, NJ (EWR) destined to Detroit MI (DTW). The device was taken by a passenger to the aft lavatory sink to extingui
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