US EditionBattery-powered devices are overheating more often on planes and raising alarm
- Devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are overheating more frequently during airline flights, often placed in checked baggage, raising fire safety concerns.
- Overheating incidents increased by 28% from 2019 to 2023, although they remain relatively rare, according to a report released by UL Standards.
- E-Cigarettes are the most frequently overheating device as reported by 35 airlines, with 60% of incidents occurring near the passenger's seat.
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beta.rsEquipment that is powered by lithium-ion batteries is heated by electricity in the aircraft, and travelers usually put it in bags that go in the air space, where there is a fire, perhaps someone opened such a wind.
Battery-Powered Devices Are Overheating More Often on Planes and Raising Alarm
Devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are overheating more often during airline flights and passengers often put them in checked bags that go into the cargo hold, where a fire might not be detected as quickly.
Overheated battery-powered devices reported more often on planes: Report
Devices with lithium-ion batteries are overheating more often in air travel, according to a report released Monday. A report from UL Standards found overheating incidents increased 28 percent from 2019 to 2023 in an analysis of data from 35 passenger and cargo airlines. An average of two overheating — or thermal runway — incidents were…
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Battery-powered devices are overheating more often on planes and raising alarm
Devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are overheating more often during airline flights and passengers often put them in checked bags that go into the cargo hold, where a fire might
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Concern over battery-powered devices on planes rises amid rise in overheating incidents
Overheating incidents rose 28% from 2019 to 2023, although such events remain relatively rare, according to a report released Monday.
Devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are overheating more often during airline flights, and passengers often pack them in documented suitcases that go to the cargo hold, where a fire may not be detected as quickly.
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