Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

An Etihad Airways Boeing 787-9, registation A6-BLA performing flight EY-131 from Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) to Washington Dulles,DC (USA), was enroute at FL370 about 620nm southwest of Dublin (Ireland) when a passenger’s tablet computer emitted smoke. Cabin crew secured the device while the flight crew turned the aircraft around and diverted to Dublin for a safe landing about 90 minutes later. The tablet computer was offloaded.

The aircraft continued the flight after about two hours on the ground and reached Washington with a delay of about 4 hours.