Lithium batteries on BBC news
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Lithium batteries on BBC news
Concerns about counterfeit/faulty batteries in personal electronics:
BBC News - Warning over exploding batteries on planes
BBC News - Warning over exploding batteries on planes
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Recollect a colleague had a smoke event over Europe.
He carried out a rapid descent and landed at the nearest suitable airport.
The disturbing thing for me was the suggestion of another pilot that, because, during the course of the descent, the smoke had cleared, he should have abandoned the diversion and continued to destination.
He carried out a rapid descent and landed at the nearest suitable airport.
The disturbing thing for me was the suggestion of another pilot that, because, during the course of the descent, the smoke had cleared, he should have abandoned the diversion and continued to destination.
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This is a duplicate thread, have already posted on other one (Jet Blast).
The report is rather dated and relates to SPARE phone batteries being shorted when carried along with metal objects - an obvious hazard but alas not obvious to all.
The report is rather dated and relates to SPARE phone batteries being shorted when carried along with metal objects - an obvious hazard but alas not obvious to all.
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Expect more delays at paranoid security checks now..the only place they will insist on hiding your lithium cartridge is ...you guessed it..inside YOUR anatomy!
Lithium batteries on BBC news
According to the expert interviewed by the BBC:
"[an explosion] isn't representative of how a battery is going to behave"
So that's all good, then.
"[an explosion] isn't representative of how a battery is going to behave"
So that's all good, then.
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and in other news, fire hot.
This is quite an interesting video:
I'm going to make a controversial statement:
You can't get a properly made lithium battery to explode without serious modification
with slightly less controversy
You can get a poorly made battery to emit smoke, get hot (potentially enough to set surrounding combustible materials in close contact on fire) and with a only a little bit of 'look dear, I made it better!' modification, catch fire.
and without any at all,
you can't trim a burnt beard. It still looks just as bad. Shave it off and start again.
This is quite an interesting video:
You can't get a properly made lithium battery to explode without serious modification
with slightly less controversy
You can get a poorly made battery to emit smoke, get hot (potentially enough to set surrounding combustible materials in close contact on fire) and with a only a little bit of 'look dear, I made it better!' modification, catch fire.
and without any at all,
you can't trim a burnt beard. It still looks just as bad. Shave it off and start again.
