Ecigs cause a cargo plane fire?

[Slea]

Hmmm... did I miss this somewhere on here?


Electronic cigarettes cause FedEx MD-11 fire - Unusual Attitude

 

[mtndude]

Seems more of a battery issue than an electronic cigarette problem...

Has anyone received an e-cig mailed to them with the atomizer attached to the battery? That would be a bad idea!

 

[Relentless]

This is just the beginning... By the time this is over they will blame everything from global warming to Alpha Centauri going supernova on e-cigs.

 

[jj2]

I think someone posted this a while back. Anyway, no one has stopped shipping batteries because of it.
Just think on the money lost since so many things need batteries these days.

 

[Allestaria]

Well the article is poorly written and the reporter did not do their research.

Liquid tobacco was the key.

 

[Snarkyone]

No, it was the Li-Io batteries that caused the problem not the liquid. They have been known to be a hazard since they were first made.

 

[boxhead]

mtndude, i have gotten e-cigs ( except my SDs ) with atty attached in the 13 901 kits from china, the 901 from TW england, the TW 901 from florida, the 510 came attached but not tight, the 801s came bubble wrapped in three seperate bags from dietsmoke( had fun cutting em open).

the airline pilots asso. went way overboard on their response on li-po and batterys in saying all battery power device should be banned from flights, i laughed out loud for many minutes back in aug, until i realized that if anything, those guys could do alot of damage about anything going on a plane...

 

[Dredbull]

Li-po batteries scare me senseless. They have an uncanny knack of flaming self destruction. At least on un regulated chargers.

Li-on on the other hand have an uncanny knack for exploding. I have not seen one first hand do this, but mainly it is straight up battery abuse in cellphones that cause this explosive reaction.
I have only ever seen and smelt one battery that cracked open and leaked.
I do however see tons of cell batteries that have been worn through the contacts, have corrosion on them and bubbled nearly to the point of bursting.

So I could see if this was possible in some remote, small freakish mishap.

 

[unknwn]

Here are links to earlier posts with research I posted, scary stuff

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-insurance-huh-ash-google-page-ranking-3.html

There are (2) long posts on this thread page about lithium battery dangers,
VERY informative.
Needless to say, this stuff didn't go over very well with some folks.

Check it out, you might treat and consider your batteries differently afterwards. I did.8-o

 

[nocomply]

the story seems bogus....

anyone know of a standard e-cig that runs on AA or AAA batts?

That's what they show in the picture. It says after fire, this is what it looks like...it shows a AA or AAA battery.....you can see the lead contact on the left end...lol Unless it was some new brand...but...I doubt it

 

[scrooby]

mtndude, i have gotten e-cigs ( except my SDs ) with atty attached in the 13 901 kits from china, the 901 from TW england, the TW 901 from florida, the 510 came attached but not tight, the 801s came bubble wrapped in three seperate bags from dietsmoke( had fun cutting em open).

the airline pilots asso. went way overboard on their response on li-po and batterys in saying all battery power device should be banned from flights, i laughed out loud for many minutes back in aug, until i realized that if anything, those guys could do alot of damage about anything going on a plane...

I am assuming this issue must have been taken care of sometime ago because I ordered 6 510's from 3 different suppliers and not a one had batteries attached to atty.

 

[Mac]

This article is clearly BS