One person has received medical treatment after a passenger's laptop caught fire on an American Airlines flight. The pilot had reported a "cabin fire in the back of the airplane" to air traffic control, saying "the flight attendants are trying to put it out now", according to audio obtained by the BBC's US reporting partner CBS News. "I think we have about four to five passengers that were burned by the laptop. The laptop is contained about mid-aircraft." One passenger received medical attention on site and was released after American Airlines Flight 2398 - coming from Atlanta, Georgia - landed at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Texas on Friday. The airline told the BBC that the flight landed safely "after reports of smoke from a customer's device during landing. We thank our crew for their professionalism and swift response to quickly contain the device." After landing, the aircraft taxied to the gate, and emergency personnel met the aircraft upon arrival, per procedure. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) warns that lithium batteries, including laptop batteries, are capable of overheating "as a result of various factors, including if the battery is damaged, overh
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