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To be fair, the structural damage caused by the battery fire that did occur was quite limited. The NTSB talked about it being "confined to the area immediately near the APU battery rack (within about 20 inches) in the aft electronics bay".
OK, but bear in mind that this incident occured on the ground at a large airport with a very professional Fire Brigade responding within 3 minutes!
Also note that it took about 40 minutes to put the fire out - in other words it must have been a complicated fire.
What the damage would have been if this incident had happened at 35000 feet, that is a good question, which I will not even try to answer.
But one thing is crystal clear: there is no Fire Department at 35000 feet to assist you!
Last edited by grebllaw123d; 16th Jan 2013 at 18:26.