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The compartment telephone of a rider connected an Alaska Airlines pitchy caught occurrence aft the level landed astatine the Sea-Tac International Airport, forcing the unit to deploy evacuation slides to get everyone off, the bearer said Tuesday.
Ray Lane, an Alaska spokesperson, said the passenger's telephone "overheated and began sparking" aft Flight 751 from New Orleans landed astatine astir 8:30 p.m. Monday and was waiting for a gate.
The crew utilized occurrence extinguishers and a artillery containment container to halt the telephone from smoking. Lane said crew members deployed the plane's evacuation slides owed to "hazy" conditions wrong the compartment and that passengers slid down them to get out.
Passengers were taken by autobus to the terminal and 2 received attraction astatine a hospital, Lane said. He had nary details astir their conditions.
There were 129 passengers and six unit onboard.
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