<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1532527, April 2018

B737-700 captain reported a laptop in the cabin that was sparking and smoldering was placed in a containment bag by a flight attendant.

Attributes
ACN	1532527
Time
Date	201804
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Type 2000
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Electronic Device Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

Passenger laptop battery sparked and was smoldering. Flight attendants put it in container bag and cooled it. We notified dispatch and [destination company contact]. We landed [and] station manager took the bag with the computer and gave us a new bag. We called dispatch and chief pilot. Complied with instruction. Great job by all involved. As long as lithium batteries are onboard; this may continue [to] happen.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-700 Captain reported a laptop in the cabin that was sparking and smoldering was placed in a containment bag by a Flight Attendant.

Narrative: Passenger laptop battery sparked and was smoldering. Flight Attendants put it in container bag and cooled it. We notified Dispatch and [destination company contact]. We landed [and] Station Manager took the bag with the computer and gave us a new bag. We called Dispatch and Chief Pilot. Complied with instruction. Great job by all involved. As long as lithium batteries are onboard; this may continue [to] happen.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.