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Study Shows One Overheated Laptop Battery Could Down an Airliner
- 394549 8y ago> The FAA tests found that the anti-fire halon gas installed in airline cargo areas wouldn’t extinguish a lithium battery fire, but it prevents the blaze from spreading to adjacent material such as cardboard or clothing. Is halon toxic or used in high enough concentrations to cause suffocation? I know sometimes people transport large pets in airplane cargo holds, and I'm wondering if they'd be safe or not.
- t0mbstone 8y agoIt boggles my mind that we still haven't figured out a good consumer battery technology that isn't flammable.