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Watch battery fires have taken down a number of aircraft.

• kortilla 5y ago
  “Caused to land safely”.
  • musha68k 5y ago
    I wonder what percentage of flights do have something like this kit onboard? https://cellblockfcs.com/libik-dry-fire-suppression-kits-cabin-flight-deck/ https://cellblockfcs.com/libik-dry-fire-suppression-kits-cab... Also what happens when the fire is only noticed after burning in eg an overhead compartment? Fire on flight really is a terrible scenario.
  • Maursault 5y ago
    Airliners actually have crashed due to lithium battery fires. [1] [1] https://apnews.com/article/709370476f2645f299beb6c8c66d216b https://apnews.com/article/709370476f2645f299beb6c8c66d216b
    • Dylan16807 5y ago
      I think the comments above were talking about carry-on batteries, which are a different level of concern. Five of the planes in your link had shipments of batteries and the other one was a passenger with 25+ batteries in the cargo hold.