lithium-batteries

Lithium batteries ’caused UPS freighter blaze’

The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) released its final report on the crash which killed two UPS 747 freighter pilots near Dubai on 3 September 2010. While not pinpointing the origin of the fateful blaze, it found that the ensuing fire was promulgated by lithium batteries and that smoke-detection equipment took too long to alert the crew. The FedEx Master Executive Council (MEC), which represents pilots at that express carrier and ... [+]