A passenger who burned himself on an overheating e-cigarette device is suing Norwegian Air for allowing him to charge it onboard the plane.
Author Eric T Wiberg said the vaping device began to smolder while he slept during a flight to New York.
He had earlier charged it onboard, he claimed in court papers, and awoke to see it emitting smoke.
After crew were alerted he picked up the device and ‘plunged it into a bucket of water’ the New York Post reports.
He is claiming unspecified damages as the airline should not have permitted him to take the e-cig onboard or allowed him to charge it.
Norwegian declined to make a comment.
