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The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) wants to raise awareness of the potential risks as passengers buy poor quality batteries online and the number of electronic devices carried on planes rises.<\/p>\n

Though there have been no reported incidents of battery-triggered fires on UK aircraft, there were 141 \u2018air incidents’<\/a> involving batteries carried as aviation cargo or passenger baggage from 20 March 1991-17 February 2014, according to figures released by America’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). <\/p>\n

The FAA says air incidents involve smoke, fire, extreme heat or explosion.<\/p>\n

A CAA spokesman told AP: \u2018We are in the hands of passengers to a large extent… We need to work with passengers and the [airline] industry to ameliorate any risks.’<\/p>\n

The CAA urges passengers to carry spare batteries only in carry-on luggage and to pack them in a separate bag \u2018isolated from anything else’.<\/p>\n

A spokesman added: \u2018Incorrectly packaged or counterfeit lithium-ion batteries are a potential fire risk, which is why the CAA has launched an awareness campaign with airports and airlines to help manage that risk.<\/p>\n

\u2018Passengers should only take on board batteries – particularly lithium batteries – that have been purchased from legitimate outlets.<\/p>\n

\u2018Spare batteries can be carried as hand luggage \u2013 not checked in hold baggage – but need to be packed correctly in individual plastic bags or containers.<\/p>\n

\u2018Lithium batteries should not be sent by post, even if installed in electronics devices.’<\/p>\n

An Air China Airbus was en route from Beijing to Shanghai on 25 May 2011 when cabin crew smelled smoke, later traced to an overhead locker.<\/p>\n

They found that a passenger’s camera had \u2018caught fire due to thermal runaway of its lithium battery’.<\/p>\n

\u2018The cabin crew were able to contain the fire, cool the batteries down and thus stop the thermal runaway and resulting fire,’ stated an article published by The Aviation Herald<\/a> <\/em>at the time.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018The aircraft continued to Shanghai for a safe landing. No injuries were reported.’<\/p>\n

The airline said that the spontaneous fire resulted in 20cm-high flames.<\/p>\n

The burning camera was put in a lavatory on the aircraft as other crew members quickly sought fire extinguishers, adds The Aviation Herald<\/em> report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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