Mon, 18 Dec 2006

Personal air purifier starts fire on aircraft

There is nothing better than fresh air, and you just can't beat a battery powered air purification device that hangs around your neck. But before you order one from your favorite catalog of the sky and jump on the next flight out of town, be careful and read instructions! Or you could just catch the plane on fire

DESCRIPTION
  CONTINENTAL AIRLINES COA1065, A BOEING 737-800 ACFT, DIVERTED TO COLORADO 
  SPRINGS DUE TO A FIRE IN THE CABIN CAUSED BY A PERSONAL BATTERY-OPERATED 
  AIR PURIFIER WHICH CAUGHT THE SEAT ON FIRE, FOUR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND ONE 
  PASSENGER WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SMOKE INHALATION, COLORADO 
  SPRINGS, CO

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