KL 875 - drone catches fire in overhead locker!

[radeng]

I was told that pacemakers in bulk are considered 'hazardous cargo'. The energy delivery ability of their batteries is small, though - a few milliamps at most, purposely in case it goes wrong. Back some 30+ years ago, there were some plutonium powered pacemakers and thus the 'hazardous cargo' designation, even though such pacemakers haven't been made since the early 1980s.

[PAXboy]

The energy in a single pacemaker battery is still significant. If any person who has a pacemaker is (post mortem) to be cremated - the pacemaker has to be removed beforehand.

The battery can explode inside the cremation chamber with such force that it can damage the firebricks. And this is not a joke. Every funeral director will ask the question of the family when cremation is specified.

[TWT]

A lot of drones use Li-Po batteries.They pack in a large charge in a small space for weight saving,and they are more dangerous than Li-ion batteries.

The results of shorting out a charged Li-Po battery are pretty spectacular.
Plenty of videos online showing the results.

[ExXB]

Originally Posted by radeng

I was told that pacemakers in bulk are considered 'hazardous cargo'. The energy delivery ability of their batteries is small, though - a few milliamps at most, purposely in case it goes wrong. Back some 30+ years ago, there were some plutonium powered pacemakers and thus the 'hazardous cargo' designation, even though such pacemakers haven't been made since the early 1980s.

I'm sure the IATA Dangerous Goods Manual would distinguish between radioactive and non-radioactive versions. I don't have a copy to hand but I would doubt that an entire product range would bear the designation of the most dangerous iteration.