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A Delta Air Lines flight made an emergency landing Monday after a passenger’s lithium battery-powered device caught fire midflight—one of more than 35 such incidents to occur on a U.S. flight so far ...

An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing on Saturday when a passenger’s device caught fire after takeoff, marking the latest in a string of alarming incidents involving lithium ...