Battery catches fire on Air China plane, forcing flight to make emergency landing in Shanghai, Asia News – AsiaOne

Battery catches fire on Air China plane, forcing flight to make emergency landing in Shanghai, Asia News – AsiaOne

PUBLISHED ONOctober 19, 2025 5:45 AMBYSyarifah Nadhirah A flight en route from Hangzhou, China, to South Korea’s Incheon International Airport on Oct 18 was diverted to Shanghai after a fire broke out in the cabin. A lithium battery stowed in a passenger’s carry-on luggage in the overhead compartment had caught fire, the airline said in a statement on Weibo. “The crew immediately handled the situation according to procedures, and no one was injured,” they said. They added...
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Here’s how renters can take advantage of the solar battery boom

Here’s how renters can take advantage of the solar battery boom

Switching your home to run at least partly on renewable energy, while potentially not as inexpensive as it once was, is arguably easier than ever. If you have sun hitting your home, you can capture it as energy and store it in a big battery, passing it to your appliances as they need it. This is unless, of course, you’re among the one-third of Australians renting their home, in which case the decision to bolt big panels to the roof is not yours to make. It would be fair to wonder whether it’...
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After Jaisalmer tragedy, another private bus catches fire in Bulandshahr; no casualties

After Jaisalmer tragedy, another private bus catches fire in Bulandshahr; no casualties

INDIA Reports said that passengers broke windows and jumped off the bus to save their lives. Eyewitnesses reportedly said more than 60 passengers were on board the vehicle. Police teams and fire department officials rushed to the spot to control the situation. Read on for more on this. Local police has launched an investigation into the incident. Add DNA as a Preferred Source TRENDING NOW A fire broke out in a running bus on National Highway 34 in the Khurja Dehat police station area of Bulandsh...
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HP OmniBook 5 14 down to only $550 with OLED and over 16 hours of WLAN battery life – NotebookCheck.net News

HP OmniBook 5 14 down to only $550 with OLED and over 16 hours of WLAN battery life – NotebookCheck.net News

HP is slashing $130 USD off the already low original price of its latest ARM-powered OmniBook 5 14 subnotebook (Image source: HP) The new OmniBook 5 14 includes features not typically found on other budget laptops ranging from 1200p OLED to Windows on ARM and an Elitebook-like design. One of HP’s best entry-level laptops in years is now on sale for $550 or $130 off the original launch price. The OmniBook 5 14 may be the most budget-oriented option in the OmniBook family, but it still offer...
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My favorite MagSafe battery banks for iPhone Air, iPhone 17, and more

My favorite MagSafe battery banks for iPhone Air, iPhone 17, and more

With iPhone Air, Apple reintroduced the MagSafe battery pack. It’s $99, and optimized specifically for iPhone Air. It’s rather slim, though it’s rather weak in capacity – making Qi2 alternatives all the more interesting. We’ll be delving into the top options on the market, just in case you want a MagSafe battery for your iPhone without spending $99, or aren’t buying the iPhone Air. Since Apple opened up the MagSafe standard as Qi2 last year, third parties have been able to make MagSa...
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Terrifying Visuals Show Fire Breaks Out In Overhead Luggage Bin Aboard Air China Flight | VIDEO

Terrifying Visuals Show Fire Breaks Out In Overhead Luggage Bin Aboard Air China Flight | VIDEO

Updated 18 October 2025 at 19:12 IST Air China flight makes emergency landing in Shanghai after a lithium battery in hand luggage ignites a fire in the cabin. Follow :   Fire erupts in overhead luggage bin aboard Air China flight | Image: X Shanghai: A harrowing incident occurred aboard an Air China flight from Hangzhou to Seoul on Saturday with 155 passengers onboard, when suddenly a fire erupted in an overhead luggage bin. According to reports, a lithium battery in a passenger’s carry-o...
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The lab where GM is cooking up new EV batteries to beat China

The lab where GM is cooking up new EV batteries to beat China

Inside General Motors’ fast-growing battery labs in suburban Detroit, scientists and engineers are analyzing stresses on lithium-ion cells: desert heat, arctic cold, jungle humidity, enough charging and discharging for a half-dozen Frankenstein reboots. For The Verge’s exclusive tour of these secretive labs, I watch researchers peer at cell chemistries down to the atomistic level, using electron microscopes. Others work at a larger scale, all the way up to the Megashaker. Inside a cavernous...
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Akwa Ibom Police Dismantle Robbery Syndicate, Recover 72 Phones, Stolen Goods

Akwa Ibom Police Dismantle Robbery Syndicate, Recover 72 Phones, Stolen Goods

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has apprehended a notorious robbery gang using tricycles to target residents in Uyo and surrounding areas, recovering three tricycles and 72 stolen mobile phones. During a press briefing on October 17, 2025, at the Command Headquarters in Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo, Commissioner of Police (CP) Baba Mohammed Azare announced the breakthrough.  He detailed a July 3, 2025, incident where Aniekan Dan, 41, and his wife were robbed at gunpoint by a tricycle gang while trav...
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Best MagSafe portable battery packs and power banks for iPhone

Best MagSafe portable battery packs and power banks for iPhone

Image: Simon Jary Portable power banks that charge your phone are popular, but wireless battery packs using Apple’s magnetic MagSafe technology offer a simpler and smarter cable-free solution for iPhone 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and Air users. Phone batteries are prone to run dry just when you’re heading away from a power source, so having a portable charging source is one of today’s necessities. Annoyingly, most power banks require you to carry around a cable, too. Wireless power banks do aw...
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Free fuel delivery yet to impact prices as Dangote awaits 4,000 CNG trucks from China

Free fuel delivery yet to impact prices as Dangote awaits 4,000 CNG trucks from China

Devakumar Edwin, Vice President of Dangote Group, has attributed the limited impact of Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s free petrol distribution on pump prices to logistics and supply challenges, particularly delays in the arrival of thousands of newly acquired fuel tankers. Speaking during a tour of the refinery in Lagos on Friday by former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, Edwin explained that the refinery’s plans to distribute petrol nationwide at no additional delivery cost had been hampered b...
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