A packed Air China flight bound for Seoul was forced to make an emergency landing in Shanghai on Saturday after a lithium battery inside a passenger’s carry-on luggage erupted in flames, filling the ...

Air China has confirmed that a in-flight fire in an Airbus A321 overhead luggage bin was caused by a lithium battery. The A321 had departed Hangzhou for Seoul as flight CA139 on 18 October, and was ...

The battery spontaneously combusted while stored in a luggage in the overhead bin. The airline said there were no injuries. By Jonathan Wolfe and Joy Dong Joy Dong reported from Hong Kong. A lithium ...

A lithium battery spontaneously combusted in a passenger’s carry-on luggage during an Air China flight Saturday to Incheon, South Korea, from the Chinese city of Hangzhou, according to the airline.