WASHINGTON, Dec 27 an emergency landing of a flight in Chicago, according to the local branch of the ABC channel.
«A small fire caused an emergency landing in Chicago of a Lufthansa flight from Los Angeles to Frankfurt,» the channel reports.
The report says the decision to land was made by the crew as a precautionary measure after a passenger's overheated laptop caught fire in the cabin. At the time of landing, the fire had already been extinguished, the report said.
The airline claims that the situation did not affect the safety of the flight, two flight attendants were assisted on the spot due to smoke poisoning, the TV channel reports.