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Old 8th Feb 2013, 05:44
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My opinion.

ANA battery:

One battery entered thermal runaway, causing heat damage to the others.
causes:

A single defective/mishandled/damaged cell.
Bad battery charger/BMS


JAL battery:

Most of the battery was overcharged. One cell finally let go and shorted. Firemen put out the fire before too much heat damage to adjacent cells.
causes:

Bad battery charger/BMS
Aircraft electrical system noise/interferance/bonding caused overcharging.

The only common denominator is the battery charger/BMS. The two batteries, to me, look like they had two completely separate failure modes.
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