Can I have carry-on Flambé?
Unusual for an idle battery to catch fire. Unless damaged when being crammed into a tight space. Wire pinched could do it.
"now what's all this crud about no movie tonight?"
I would say that’s about as close as one can get to a major air disaster without actually having a major air disaster.
The plane was piloted by Captain Sum Ting Wong.
(Greatest hoax/hack of all time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V8zkhfDGMw)
In other news, a flaming object resembling a laptop was spotted falling from the sky over Shanghai.
I had a Halt, Melt and Catch Fire error with the lithium battery in my cell phone once. Fortunately it was in my shirt pocket so I could ditch it without injury.