How one battery in a luggage can destroy a whole plane.

A series of tests conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States (FAA) showed that overheating and the subsequent ignition of just one lithium-ion battery could lead to the suppression of fire extinguishing systems in the luggage compartment of commercial passenger airliners, and also cause air crashes.

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Previously it was assumed that the automatic fire extinguishing system, which is installed in all aircraft compartments, since the crew cannot get there, is quite an effective means of reducing the threat of fire spreading and spreading, but studies have shown that this is not the case, writes tut.by.

Lithium-ion batteries are the most popular type of battery in modern gadgets due to their high energy efficiency and long service life. They are currently used in virtually all types of portable electronic devices, including laptops, music players, cameras, tablets and cell phones. These types of batteries can spontaneously ignite, although the likelihood of this is very low, but several cases have already been recorded, this has happened massively with batteries in smartphones Galaxy Note 7.

For this reason, most airlines in the world do not allow to carry devices with batteries in baggage - they need to be taken in hand luggage. In the cabin, the crew with fire extinguishers can easily eliminate the fire of the battery.

But still, if the battery is in the luggage compartment, then the FAA tests showed that automatic fire extinguishing systems can localize the fire of the battery so that the fire does not spread to the luggage of other passengers. However, if an aerosol can be found next to the battery — for example, hair spray or deodorant — then a fire can be fatal for the entire aircraft. After the explosion of the cartridge there is a high probability that the automatic systems will not cope with the fire.

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