Lithium Batteries! An Unacceptable Fire Hazard When Cargo
Batteries are always handled with care when cargo but the Lithium ion batteries are still very dangerous even when handled with due care, Boeing warns the world air cargo companies of the fire hazard.
It is lithium ion batteries that are a necessary part of today’s life style, from an iPhone to a plug-in electric car or even from a wrist watch to a bulky Mercedes trailer, lithium ion batteries provide power and have become as the essentials of life. The lithium ion battery is very reliable when it comes to a consistent power delivery but it is equally dangerous when catches fire. It can burn the Boeing 747 in seconds. So the leading aircraft manufacturing company Boeing Co., has warned the cargo and air aviation companies to be very careful when loading the air cargo, or the cargo apartments of their airlines with piles of these batteries. The shipment of batteries can lead to an unacceptable fire hazard.
What Wall Street Journal Says?
The Wall Street Journal discussed the issue that how Boeing co. attracted towards this issue after many years and issues a formal warning to its customers, urging them to stop cargo lithium batteries. The journal says that Boeing has urged and advised its customers not to accept the shipments of lithium batteries until they are properly packed in the fire proof and dump proof protection covers, or let them to take a slow ship from China to cargo batteries.
Is it a New Problem?
It is nothing new because there are hundreds of cases of igniting these batteries, a Tesla Model S caught fire in America last year and burnt to ashes in seconds, there are many cases when cell phone batteries caught fire while in the pockets of their users. Last august an airline was evacuated in Tel Aviv when an iPhone 5 caught fire and filled the cabin with smoke. While a month before this incident, a smartphone ignited in the bed of a 13-year old girl in Dallas.
Why Boeing is so concerned?
The author is working for PakistanCargo4U, A leading door to door cargo services to Pakistan. You can visit www.pakistancargo4u.co.uk for complete details about how to send parcels to Pakistan at cheap prices.
It is lithium ion batteries that are a necessary part of today’s life style, from an iPhone to a plug-in electric car or even from a wrist watch to a bulky Mercedes trailer, lithium ion batteries provide power and have become as the essentials of life. The lithium ion battery is very reliable when it comes to a consistent power delivery but it is equally dangerous when catches fire. It can burn the Boeing 747 in seconds. So the leading aircraft manufacturing company Boeing Co., has warned the cargo and air aviation companies to be very careful when loading the air cargo, or the cargo apartments of their airlines with piles of these batteries. The shipment of batteries can lead to an unacceptable fire hazard.
What Wall Street Journal Says?
The Wall Street Journal discussed the issue that how Boeing co. attracted towards this issue after many years and issues a formal warning to its customers, urging them to stop cargo lithium batteries. The journal says that Boeing has urged and advised its customers not to accept the shipments of lithium batteries until they are properly packed in the fire proof and dump proof protection covers, or let them to take a slow ship from China to cargo batteries.
Is it a New Problem?
It is nothing new because there are hundreds of cases of igniting these batteries, a Tesla Model S caught fire in America last year and burnt to ashes in seconds, there are many cases when cell phone batteries caught fire while in the pockets of their users. Last august an airline was evacuated in Tel Aviv when an iPhone 5 caught fire and filled the cabin with smoke. While a month before this incident, a smartphone ignited in the bed of a 13-year old girl in Dallas.
Why Boeing is so concerned?
A Boeing 747 reported caught fire in previous years due to the lithium batteries were being cargo on that flight. Since that time Boeing was very concerned about the cargo of batteries and now they have issued a formal warning to its customers.
According to Boeing, since 2007, there have been five fires caused by lithium batteries on their airlines and most times it was in cargo compartment and few of them were in passenger cabins. Although these batteries were banned by U.S. government since 2004 but people still carrying the batteries and there are lot to go.
According to Boeing, since 2007, there have been five fires caused by lithium batteries on their airlines and most times it was in cargo compartment and few of them were in passenger cabins. Although these batteries were banned by U.S. government since 2004 but people still carrying the batteries and there are lot to go.
The author is working for PakistanCargo4U, A leading door to door cargo services to Pakistan. You can visit www.pakistancargo4u.co.uk for complete details about how to send parcels to Pakistan at cheap prices.
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