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Why airlines are warning over lithium-ion batteries
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Ben Wodecki is used to travelling the globe and is used to seeing airline crew at work.
Key facts
- This prompted the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to launch a global campaign, external to encourage passengers to "Travel Smart with Lithium Batteries
- According to Jonathan Nicholson at the UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), for the airline industry, lithium-ion batteries are "if not number one, within the top three risks for a good few years now
- The US Federal Aviation Administration says that battery safety is a priority
- Pierre Kubiak, a principal engineer specialising in battery technology at the UK's National Physical Laboratory, adds that while cell phones, power banks, tablets and laptops are the most obvious
Summary
But flying into Las Vegas in June, the technology journalist saw something he'd never seen before, as worried looking flight crew dashed to the rear of the plane. As smoke, then distressed passengers emerged from the rear of the plane, it because clear what had happened. Flight crew dropped the device into a container of water, Wodecki says. It was a dramatic end to a routine flight, and it illustrates why flyers are hearing more frequent and more insistent warnings about the dangers of bringing battery powered devices and specifically lithium-ion batteries on flights.