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Yeah but they have active fire detection and suppression systems in the cargo hold.
by RockRobotRock 3y ago
Yeah but they have active fire detection and suppression systems in the cargo hold.
- mschuster91 3y agoFire detection yes, but conventional suppression systems are useless against lithium battery fires. In the case of a lithium fire in the cargo hold, all the pilots can do is emergency land ASAP and pray that the fire won't damage too much of the control wiring until then.
- RockRobotRock 3y agoInteresting, I didn't know that. I found this fire suppression company which makes a better suppressant than Halon and is specifically targeted for Li-ion fires: https://cellblockfcs.com/cellblockex/ https://cellblockfcs.com/cellblockex/
- xattt 3y agoIt may be a great approach for new build. It’s not doing anything for the thousands of planes in the air with a suppressant-specific system in place.
- mschuster91 3y agoYeah but you gotta place your li-ion batteries inside the container of the device/battery and that container has to be rugged as well to withstand the intense heat and not release enough of that heat outside to ignite nearby other cargo. That stuff definitely has its place for commercial shippers of li-ion stuff, but it's useless for normal traveller bags.