![]() ![]() Interestingly these very batteries can unknowingly enter the cargo hold of the aircraft without any screening when oversized handbags are collected from the passengers at the boarding point. are banned from carriage in the check-in baggage. Lithium ion batteries contained in laptops, phones, battery packs etc. However, aerosol cans exploded in tests even after being bathed in the halon gas, the FAA found. 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. ![]() The report published in the FAA handbook on Lithium Batteries states that the suppression systems can’t extinguish a battery fire that combines with other highly flammable material, such as the gas in an aerosol can or cosmetics commonly carried by travelers. As of December 15, 2018, FAA, USA has recorded, 238 air/airport incidents involving lithium batteries carried as cargo or baggage that have been recorded since March 20, 1991.Īccording to new research, a single portable electronic device contained in a check-in baggage can overheat and catch fire which cannot be controlled by the aircraft fire extinguishing system. Guidance on carriage of lithium batteries by passengers is given in the IATA passengers dangerous goods corner. ![]() Millions of passengers carry millions of batteries in their personal devices on themselves and/or in their cabin baggage. These bags are then placed in the cargo compartment of the aircraft. The screening ought to have been carried out at the time of passenger check-in by the check-in staff. Each day thousands of cabin baggage are removed at the boarding gate of the aircraft by airline personnel due to size or weight limitation since there is limited overhead bin capacity in the cabin to accommodate handbags. ![]()
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