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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> NSRCA-discussion
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John
Gayer via NSRCA-discussion<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 03, 2014 4:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NSRCA Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NSRCA-discussion] LIPOs on board?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>This article appeared in the
Albuquerque Journal this morning. I was not aware that large shipments of
lithium batteries could still be just under my seat on my next flight. We all
know what havoc a single 10S pack can do if it catches fire. I find it hard to
believe that an airliner could survive a palletfull going up. It's no surprise
that the fire suppressant they used had no effect.<br>
There is a proposed rule going into effect the first of the year that is
supposed to eliminate commercial shipments from passenger airliners- if it
isn't blocked or postponed. I wonder what the checkin counter response would be
to a question of whether there is a shipment of lipos on board? Think they
could even find out that information?<br>
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John Gayer<o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333;font-weight:
normal'>Shipments of lithium-ion units raise concerns over fires, blasts<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.3in;line-height:14.4pt;
background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>WASHINGTON — Dramatic U.S. government test results raise new
concern that bulk shipments of rechargeable lithium batteries carried as cargo
on passenger planes are susceptible to fires or explosions that could destroy
the airliners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'><img
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class=art-imagetext><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#BBBBBB'>This video frame grab shows a test of a cargo container packed
with 5,000 lithium-ion batteries and a cartrid</span></b></span><span
class=art-imagetext><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>This video frame grab shows a test of a cargo container packed
with 5,000 lithium-ion batteries and a cartridge heater that resulted in a fire
and explosion.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.3in;line-height:14.4pt;
background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>Yet U.S. and international officials have been slow to adopt
safety restrictions that might affect the powerful industries that depend on
the batteries and the airlines that profit from shipping them. The batteries
are used in products ranging from cellphones and laptops to hybrid cars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.3in;line-height:14.4pt;
background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>Shipments of rechargeable batteries on passenger planes are
supposed to be limited to no more than a handful in a single box, under safety
standards set by the U.N.’s International Civil Aviation Organization and
adopted by the U.S. and other nations. But a loophole permits shippers to pack
many small boxes into one shipment and get around the rules. Tens of thousands
of the batteries may be packed into pallets or containers and loaded into the
cargo holds of wide-body passenger planes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.3in;line-height:14.4pt;
background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>In an April test by the Federal Aviation Administration, a cargo
container was packed with 5,000 lithium-ion batteries and a cartridge heater
added to simulate a single battery experiencing uncontrolled overheating. The
heat from the cartridge triggered escalating overheating in nearby batteries,
which spread in a chain reaction. Temperatures reached about 1,100 degrees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.3in;line-height:14.4pt;
background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>Once about 300 batteries had become involved, a fierce explosion
blew open the container door and sent boxes flying, catching FAA and industry
observers by surprise. Within seconds, the cargo container was in flames. The
explosion came from a buildup of flammable gases. A second test in September
produced similar results, despite the addition of a fire suppression agent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.3in;line-height:14.4pt;
background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>The U.N.’s civil aviation agency is considering a series of
proposals to strengthen packaging, labeling and handling standards for
lithium-ion battery shipments, and airline pilot unions are pushing for limits
on the number of batteries that can be transported.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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