My MacBook Air is occasionally making a buzzing/humming noise

Occasionally my MacBook Air makes a buzzing/humming sound on the far left of the keyboard near the charger port. When this happens it heats up the whole laptop, prevents me from using applications (sometimes) and I have to force shut the laptop down. Also Safari doesn't work a lot of the time, even when I have full connection. Sometimes safari won't work and it makes the humming buzzing sound.
whats up with my laptop?

If a particular activity is using a high percentage of the CPU, it would indicate that there may be an issue. This would certainly contribute to low battery life and higher than normal fan speeds. This seems to be what you are describing in your initial post.
Which activity is using using a high percentage of the CPU. What percentage?

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