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Vape pen causes fire inside airplane traveling to Traverse City

 

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10-15-2024 at 09:12:14 AM EDT| Updated 10-15-2024 at 09:13:36 AM EDT

TRAVERSE CITY — Cherry Capital Airport officials said a vape pen caused a fire on board a plane headed to Traverse City on Friday.

On Friday around 10:10 p.m., the airport was notified that United Flight 1531 - a Boeing 737-700 traveling from Chicago to Traverse City - was experiencing an inflight fire inside the passenger cabin.

Central dispatch notified all mutual aid partners to respond per the Airport Emergency Plan, officials said.

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The flight crew reported that the fire was extinguish by a flight attendant prior to landing, officials said. The source of the fire was a vape pen.

The aircraft landed safely and taxied to the gate at 10:28 p.m. The aircraft was meet by firefighters and airport operations personnel.

No reported injuries from the 133 people on board, officials said.