Battery caught fire on plane in Atlanta

[Steelgirl]

il on my mobile and I don't know how to link story. Google Fox News Battery Fire on Plane. Apparently happened yesterday. No injuries other than folks being delayed Battery was in someone's backpack. No doubt loose and rolling around (my thoughts, not stated in article) went on to say Dept of Trans will begin banning on all flights next month.

Sorry if this is already posted. I didn't see it anywhere else.

Have a good day folks.

 

[Robino1]

Headline is misleading. In the body of the piece it states that there were no flames. If no flames, no ignition.

A spokesman for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Andrew Gobeil, said the e-cigarette was inside a backpack, and there were no flames when the fire department arrived.

My theory, the button was depressed due to other things inside said backpack and caused a bit of vapor to escape.

There was only a 20 minute delay in takeoff.

Flight Delayed After E-Cigarette Ignites in Passenger's Carry-On

I don't see anywhere where they state that they will ban carrying on ecigs.

According to Delta's website, electronic cigarettes are permitted onboard. The airline states, "Battery-powered portable electronic smoking devices (e.g., e-cigarettes, e-cigs, e-cigars, e-pipes, e-hookahs, personal vaporizers, electronic nicotine delivery systems) when carried by passengers or crewmembers for personal use must be carried on one's person or in carry-on baggage only. Recharging of the devices and/or the batteries on board the aircraft is not permitted."

More than likely what you heard referenced was the new law about vaping on planes, even though the airlines had already had that rule in place for their individual carriers. The gov thought they should make it 'official'. You know.....just in case an airline decided that they would allow vaping on a plane. The new law just makes sure that an airline cannot have a say in how they run their company.

 

[Jim Hampton]

Hello to all.. New forum member, but 5 year vaper.. The new FTA law banning the "use" of nicotine dispensing devices goes into effect April 1st; although, stated earlier in the thread all major airlines had already implemented a ban on "using" onboard. I will say I expect this incident to be sensationalized to the point even carrying a device onboard has the potential to be banned.

 

[nicnik]

There was only a 20 minute delay in takeoff.

But the exploding ecig landed at its destination ahead of schedule.

 

[EBates]

What I want to know is how she got the E-CIG battery into her iphone.
'Cause we all know that only E-cigs and hover boards are dangerous, right?
Finding the iphone story was much harder than exploding e-cigs. Probably just a coincidence, right?

Girl's iPhone catches fire on Alaska Airlines flight to Hawaii

 

[EBates]

OMG, that means that once the Dept Of Trans strikes, I can no longer carry my Re-Chargable razor, or my 18650 powered flashlight, and Heaven Forbid Not My iphone!!

 

[snork]

Apple, FAA Investigating After iPhone Catches Fire Mid-Flight

Left link intact so the hypersensitive will pick up on it and help ban those infuriating iPhones.

 

[nicnik]

Apple, FAA Investigating After iPhone Catches Fire Mid-Flight

Left link intact so the hypersensitive will pick up on it and help ban those infuriating iPhones.

Includes links to other recent iPhone fire stories.

...a similar incident occurred last year when a teen's iPhone burst into fire on her way to school. And just this past December, an Atlanta man's iPhone caught fire in his pocket.

 

[LaraC]

Interesting, this... at the end of the article:

"Although it would be difficult to enforce a no-phones ban on most flights, if such incidents increase then airlines -- or manufacturers -- may have to come up with a solution to ensure passenger safety."

Why would it be difficult to enforce a "no-phones ban on most flights" ?
Perhaps because cell phones are a technology that has been embraced and used by so many millions (billions?) of people.
Especially those who can afford air travel in the first place.

The majority of air travelers CARE about being allowed to carry their cell phones on board. And CARE about being allowed to use them in flight.

And why is it NOT difficult to put in place a "no-ecigs ban on flights" ?
Perhaps because the majority of people are non-smokers/non-vapers.

An airline ban on e-cigs doesn't gore the ox of enough people to matter.

Non-smokers have also been heavily exposed to well orchestrated, irrational, agenda driven anti-ecig propaganda by the CDC, FDA, American Lung Association, American Pediatric Society ... (the list goes on and on) spewed forth by mainstream media.

Not to mention the foundation of decades of anti-smoking propaganda, heaping scorn on people who chose to smoke. Exhaled e-cig vapor LOOKS LIKE exhaled cigarette smoke. Right? Scorn the dumb e-cig users, too.


Easy answer for those who have no personal reason to research or learn about electronic cigarettes:
"Oh, those fake cigarette things? ... yeah, just ban 'em."

Makes the job simpler for regulators.