It’s widely known that a smoke detector is a good ionizing radiation source, as they contain a small amount of americium-241, a side product of nuclear reactors. But what about other sources?

An American Airlines plane had to be evacuated in North Carolina after smoke was detected coming ... The flight departed to Columbia on a replacement aircraft, the outlet reported — with ...

A fire on an American Airlines plane after it diverted mid-flight and landed at Denver International Airport sent fleeing passengers to a wing amid billowing smoke.