@ Paxboy
IMHO. you're spot on.
@ Mark in CA. - If you delve back through BOTH "767/Battery " threads, you'll see! Boeing did themselves a huge disservice by bull****ting to the effect that this wasn't a fire!
The battery, on thermal runaway ( lots of smoke , white hot materials, boiling electrolyte ) is NOT ON FIRE.....no, sirree- it's an exothermic "event"dontcha know?
How can you take seriously, patronising wankers who promulgate this tosh .
the exclusion of air , prevents it's oxygen turning the decomposition into a "fire".... the battery has sufficient oxygen entrained in it's chemistry, to destroy itself ......If your curiosity piques, check "Thermite"
For those that don't know/can't be bothered.. it's a mixture of aluminium-powder and rust! when ignited, it burns fiercely- so much so, it's poured into the joints on railway lines and ignited...the heat is sufficient to melt the ends of the lines and fuse them together.
Of course. that's not a fire either!
@ Flightless Parrot. Couldn't agree more- Insult the customer's intelligence at your own risk!