Smoking laptop, not good for planes

AN AUSSIE aircraft hit panic stations after the smell from an overheated laptop was thought to mean that the plane was on fire.

A Virgin Blue Boeing 737-700 was half an hour from Coolangatta on a flight from Sydney late yesterday when the pilot radioed ahead to have emergency services put on standby.

This could have been much, much worse. I’m surprised I haven’t heard of news like this before though, considering how many people use laptops on flights. Check out the posting at The Inquirer. Source: digg