# SDR AALA202608256951

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 21, 2026
- Submitted: August 25, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N197UW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N197UW), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A321-211
- Registry model: [Airbus A321-211](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a321-211) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 3928
- Aircraft time: 53,979 hours, 21,691 cycles
- System (JASC): [5100 · Standard Practices/Structures](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5100)
- Part: Battery
- Condition: Overheated
- Location: Pax Computer
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: A
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202608256951

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED INTO DFW DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING THAT A PASSENGERS LAPTOP STARTED TO OVERHEAT AND SMOKE AT SEAT ROW 17 - THE CABIN CREW UTILIZED A FIRE CONTAINMENT BAG TO CONTAIN THE LAPTOP AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT DFW WHERE IT TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. MAINTENANCE REMOVED THE USED FIRE CONTAINMENT BAG FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND INSTALLED A NEW BAG IN THE G2 CLOSET

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