Crime & Safety
Rising Number Of Lithium Battery Incidents On Airplanes Worry Pilots, Flight Attendants
"Honestly, I thought we were going to die. I looked and all I saw was flashes, just like flashes."
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Saindy Pyles thought she was going to die with her baby son, Liam, clutched to her chest as she flew home to Wichita from Miami after photographing a wedding.
Midway through the flight Pyles said smoke filled the cabin after she saw sparks and fire burst from a bag in the seat directly behind her.
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"Honestly, I thought we were going to die," she said. "I looked and all I saw was flashes, just like flashes. I'm like, 'Oh my God, like, what is that?' And [the owner of the bag] is like, 'I don't know. I don't know.'"
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