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Lithium fires give off a number of toxic gasses like HF. Even if the fire was safely contained, my concern would be if the people on board were exposed to these
by clumsysmurf 15y ago
Lithium fires give off a number of toxic gasses like HF. Even if the fire was safely contained, my concern would be if the people on board were exposed to these toxins through inhalation. If a plane is recirculating cabin air, is there a anything a pilot can do to expunge bad air in these cases?
- weaksauce 15y agoA plane does not recirculate all of the cabin air; it recirculates about 50%. Not ideal for the people but it's not like they are trapped with only the air that they have onboard. Also, the recirculated air is HEPA filtered. I would turn up my personal air nozzle if there was something like this in the future. Source: http://www.boeing.com/commercial/cabinair/facts.html http://www.boeing.com/commercial/cabinair/facts.html
- clumsysmurf 15y agoHEPA does not filter gasses like HF.
- Someone 15y agoFor armchair chemists reading this wondering where the Fluor would come from: electrolytes in the batteries typically/often/sometimes contain fluor.