FedEx MD-11 incident at Minneapolis-St Paul on 14 August

[eagle21]

Electronic cigarettes cause FedEx MD-11 fire - Unusual Attitude (http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/unusual-attitude/2009/08/electronic-cigarettes-cause-fe.html)

[BusyB]

Ryanair was saying they would allow pax to use these onboard in the press a couple of days ago:confused:

[wilyflier]

Whats the background on lithium batteries catching fire like that?
Im expecting to use a lithium in a new small aircraft. Pm me if you like

[cessnapuppy]

YouTube - PC Pitstop: Laptop Battery Fire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeWq6rWzChw) Overhead luggage bin?

Not as frequent as before, but there were a big spate of these last year.. Sony, Dell

[eagle21]

http://www.ifalpa.org/downloads/Level1/Safety%20Bulletins/2009/10SAB06%20-%20Lithium%20Battery%20update.pdf