RESOLVING THE LEDGER
RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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Everything reported about this story, gathered from 9 sources. Read the summary below, then tap any source to open that report.
"I think we have about four to five passengers that were burned by the laptop," a pilot can be heard saying in air traffic control audio obtained by CBS News.
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9 outlets are covering this. Resolve the ledger to read what they collectively report — the common thread, in plain terms.
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"I think we have about four to five passengers that were burned by the laptop," a pilot can be heard saying in air traffic control audio obtained by CBS News.
Read this reportOne passenger received medical attention after a laptop battery caught fire aboard an American Airlines flight on Friday.
Read this reportAt least four people were burned during an American Airlines flight that filled up with smoke while it was landing in Dallas, the flight's pilot said.
Read this report
Passengers suffered burns to their hands in the incident
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AIPROPX has consolidated 10 reports from 9 outlets into a single canonical entry on “Passenger's Laptop Catches Fire on American Airlines Jet.” The covered outlets are based across 3 regions — US, Other, and UK.
The earliest report in this entry came from USA Today (Aug 22, 2026, 16:12 UTC); the most recent came from Newser (Aug 23, 2026, 11:47 UTC).
Comparing the wording across sources, 3 named entities are referenced by multiple outlets and the phrase recurring most across the coverage is “american airlines”.
3 statements are carried by only one outlet within this set and are not echoed by the others.
Every figure above is a direct count of real published articles. AIPROPX indexes and compares the original reporting — it never rewrites, rates, or editorializes — and each publisher’s full article is always one click away.
Generated by AIPROPX from the source counts above. AIPROPX indexes and resolves coverage; the original publishers are credited and linked at origin in every report.
Coverage from 9 independent outlets across 3 regions — each view opens on its own page.
AIPROPX — “Passenger's Laptop Catches Fire on American Airlines Jet” · https://www.aipropx.com/story/9428526695637fc3235abe85a5ecd09b
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