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E-Cigarette battery sparks fire on American Airlines flight
An American Airlines passenger’s electronic cigarette “malfunctioned” Thursday and started a small fire aboard the aircraft, airline officials said. The small fire forced the flight from Dallas to Indianapolis to make an emergency landing at Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas. (www.airlive.net) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I did recently fly and took my e-cig with me. However, i transported the batteries in a seperate, flame resistent package, and not installed in the mod itself. I believe this is probably the safest way to take them with you. Eventually though, with things like this happening because of irresponsible douche bags, they will be banned from aircraft altogether.
Hope both the user and manufacturer of this device each gets a bill from the airline, and from each passenger for their costs and time.
People either Don't Care about the hazards of these devices... They need to be banned from all flights! They are dangerous.
And, no one needs them anyway.......
Based on this, all smartphones should be banned from planes because they share the same battery technology as e-cigs...
I am not sure what kind of statement that is supposed to be Note 7's have a history of this and they found the problem. No other phone's have. Many E-Cigs have caught fire and exploded. Quite a few people been hurt by this. Your statement makes no since and your logic is flawed. By your logic All Laptops, Hearing Aids, and many other devices should not be allowed. You may want to rethink your comment. It sounds like you may be a E-Sig user... Hope you don't get burned!
Are you sure it was battery that failed in those e-cig and not the home-made wick/heater or flammable vaping liquid? Nowhere in that article it is stated it was battery! Did your "logic" include that problems? And lastly: all those items which have LiPo batteries inside are banned from the cargo compartments...Soooo I will let you draw a conclusion (providing you are able to do this instead being verbally aggressive towards others).
Are you kidding.. Yes it exploded! Weather it was the batteries or another part of it makes no difference... Has the same effect: Watch some videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS8LsPv1_uM
https://youtu.be/SemkHes9PSw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw_2rxSzA5c (watch about 1:15 time stamp
After watching this, is this something we want on A/C.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS8LsPv1_uM
https://youtu.be/SemkHes9PSw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw_2rxSzA5c (watch about 1:15 time stamp
After watching this, is this something we want on A/C.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80v2JicX9Dw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVf4GW9jp-8
So what is your point? Are you some kind of anti vaper freedom fighter? Those things happen to ALL lithium batteries!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVf4GW9jp-8
So what is your point? Are you some kind of anti vaper freedom fighter? Those things happen to ALL lithium batteries!
I have to support sparkie624. There is always going to be someone who thinks that they can slip back to the lav for a puff. In a pressurized cabin that crap impairs the oxygen uptake in the blood reducing the capacity to make rational decisions in an emergency. I don't want to be beside the dolt who can't get the emergency exit open because they are physiologically impaired. There is no excuse to have this crap on your person in a pressurized aircraft. Whether it's the e-smoke or alcohol it will impair people and get others killed in emergencies.
If these devices explode it is because the manufacturers use crappy batteries without consideration for the risk this poses. If the same care were put into manufacturing these devices as is put into manufacturing smart phones and laptops, we wouldn't have this problem.
Make the manufacturers liable and this will stop rather quickly.
Make the manufacturers liable and this will stop rather quickly.
I find that most people don't care, because all they want to do is to satisfy their own habit... That is why they disable Fire Detectors in Lavatories. Most are stupid!
Of course. Smoking, vaping, drugging is prohibited on board of plane. But that doesn't mean that lines have to ban carrying those in a hand luggage. It is a battery problem. Not e-cig, not laptop, not smartphone.