Lithium batteries - Safe to fly ? (An article by Airbus)

MAvic_South_Oz · Aug 28, 2019

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This link was posted by another member the other day, and I just referred to it on another thread . . . it really deserves its own thread, as lithium batteries can be dangerous.
This is written in regards to air travel, particularly how to deal with a fire incident on a plane, but easily adaptable to home or other.

Lithium batteries: safe to fly? | Safety First

Today, Lithium batteries play a barely visible, yet essential role in both our daily life and aviation alike. Manufactured and handled correctly, Lithium batteries are safe. But production failures, mishandling, or not being aware of their specific characteristics can have serious repercussions.

safetyfirst.airbus.com

There is a pdf download of the doc on the top of that page, very good to download / save to your computer or phone for later refresher.

Barthur · Aug 29, 2019

Thanks. Very interesting read

MAvic_South_Oz · Aug 29, 2019

You're welcome, it is a very good read.
Was hoping some might share more here too, but there is a fair bit of info on other threads, though not in one place.

Here is a video posted on the forum elsewhere the other day . . . in a drone shop, a battery on charge in the work area . . .

Another deliberate overcharging to show how this causes a fire . . .

And a bit of after event humour, with another drone shop charging fire . . . 1:30 - 2:45 is the main part without the frivolity . . .

If any of those drone shops had a good lipo fire policy in place, a halon extinguisher would have been close to the workstation area and crew would have had a quicker and more organised way to deal with this.

The Airbus article covers this well.

That first one, I was cringing when he went up to the battery before it exploded in flames and sparks, handling / touching a smoking lipo is one of the first safety points of what not to do.