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Officials: Flight from NJ makes emergency landing after laptop battery charger catches fire

Officials say a United Airlines flight on its way from Newark Liberty International Airport to the Bahamas was forced to make an emergency landing in Florida after a passenger's backup laptop battery charger caught fire.

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Mar 2, 2020, 6:55 AM

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