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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

The investigation revealed that when the chair was adjusted by the passenger it crushed and badly damaged the phone’s battery which caused smoke, flames and fumes.

So the proper title would be: "Passenger crushed mobile phone battery using aircraft seat, caused a fire on passenger plane"