A cellphone caught fire and “scorched the cabin” aboard a British Airways flight en route to a Las Vegas, Nevada airport on Monday, 15-Jun-2026.

British Airways Flight 271 from London, England, landed safely at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas at 2:30 p.m. local time after a crew member reported a cell phone fire on board

A pilot was heard on air traffic control audio saying the mobile phone had “scorched the inside of the cabin,” but that the sparks were under control.

A British Airways spokesperson told that the flight “landed safely and customers disembarked normally.”.

It is unclear what kind of cell phone caused the fire.