HOT CONVERSATION iphone bursts into flames on flight

Posted on 03/23/2016

The Federal Aviation Administration says it has begun an investigation after an Alaska Airlines passenger's phone suddenly burst into flames on a flight last week. Anna Crail was en route to a vacation in Hawaii from Bellingham, Washington when apparently eight-inch flames began shooting out of her iPhone 6.

A FAA spokesman said there were no injuries or damage to the plane, which had departed.The flight with 163 passengers aboard was over the Pacific Ocean 90 minutes away from Hawaii when the phone caught fire.An Alaska Air spokesman said the flames were quickly extinguished by flight crew and the airline  is also investigating  the incident.