READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: SFO-bound plane diverted after electronic device catches fire

By JASON GREEN | jason.green@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group

PUBLISHED: May 30, 2017 at 10:53 pm | UPDATED: May 30, 2017 at 10:57 pmGRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — A San Francisco-bound JetBlue flight was diverted Tuesday night after a carry-on bag containing an electronic device started smoking, the airline said.

About 8 p.m., Flight 915 landed safely at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport, where it was inspected.

“On May 30, JetBlue Flight from New York’s JFK to San Francisco diverted to Grand Rapids, Mich., following reports of smoke emitting from a carry-on bag holding an electronic device,” JetBlue said in a statement. “The flight landed safely and the aircraft is being inspected by maintenance crews before customers continue to San Francisco.”
The fire was out before the aircraft landed, according to the airport. There were no reports of any injuries among the 158 passengers
Firefighters checked out the aircraft, which was refueled and allowed to continue on to San Francisco.

All this week and into the weekend, the Collings Foundation's historic WWII-era bombers will be on display at Moffet Airfield in Mountain View and at Livermore Municipal Airport. The airplanes on display are a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, N93012 Nine-O-Nine, North American B-25J Mitchell, NL3476G Tondelayo, and Consolidated B-24J Liberator Witchcraft. The aircraft on display this year will also include a TF-51D trainer Mustang Toulouse Nuts. Schedule is as follows:
 
Moffet Airfield
Entrance is through Ellis Street Gate off 101
5/24/2017 – 10:00 AM till 5:00 PM
5/25/2017 – 10:00 AM till 5:00 PM
5/26/2017 – 10:00 AM till 5:00 PM
5/27/2017 – 10:00 AM till 5:00 PM
 - Flights take place before and after tours.

LVK Livermore Municipal Airport
5/28/2017 – 12:00 PM till 5:00 PM
5/29/2017 – 10:00 AM till 5:00 PM
5/30/2017 – 10:00 AM till 5:00 PM
 - Flights take place before and after tours.

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OAKLAND — For a Lafayette man, Thursday marked a happy reunion with four men who saved his life earlier this year.
Just before the Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners meeting, Lafayette resident Steven Kirschner and his wife, Susan Kirschner, were reunited with those men — Oliver Naca, Rainier Escanio, Marc Discipulo and Armil Vertudez — as well as with the emergency responders and airport personnel who jumped into action to defibrillate and transport him after he suffered a heart attack outside the passenger terminal in February.
“It’s great — really, really wonderful,” Kirschner said of meeting the men who had saved his life. “I feel completely fortunate, so lucky.”
“This is a surreal moment,” said Vertudez, one of the men who had helped save Kirschner.
The commissioners, along with officials from the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department, Oakland Fire Department, Oakland City Council and Southwest Airlines gathered Thursday at the port’s offices to recognize the people involved with the lifesaving rescue, including the four citizens and emergency personnel.
The ordeal began Feb. 27, 2017, when the Kirschners arrived at the airport ready to board a Southwest Airlines flight to Seattle to visit Steven’s 99-year-old mother.