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United Airlines flight makes emergency landing in San Diego after external battery catches fire
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A United Airlines flight that took off from San Diego Tuesday morning returned to the airport and made an emergency landing after a passenger's external battery pack caught fire on board the plane.
It happened around 7:30 a.m. onboard United Flight 2664 bound for Newark.
Passengers tell CBS 8 the fire started in first class. "I'm shaking, I’m shaking," said passenger Caroline Lipinski. "There was smoke in the cabin, I was terrified. I didn’t know what was happening."
MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/sd-airport-plane-fire/509-0bc01c11-96e6-4e9f-bcf8-41497e1fd86a