Delta Flight Forced to Make Emergency Landing for Increasingly Common Reason

A Delta flight from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale International Airport made an emergency landing on Monday after a fire on board. A Delta Airlines spokesperson said that a passenger's portable battery caught on fire, causing Flight 1334 to land in Fort Meyers, Florida.

Flight attendants extinguished the fire, but residual smoke from the flames remained in the aircraft, pushing an emergency decision and diverting the flight from its intended destination.

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