Alaska Airlines Flight Returns to Wichita After Overheated Power Bank Incident

An Alaska Airlines flight bound for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport returned safely to Wichita on Sunday after a passenger’s cell phone and portable power bank overheated and ignited mid-air, airline and airport officials confirmed. Flight 2117, operated by Horizon Air on behalf of Alaska Airlines, departed Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport but diverted back to … Continue reading Alaska Airlines Flight Returns to Wichita After Overheated Power Bank Incident