Archer Aviation Incident at San Jose Airport Injures 3, Forces Evacuation of 100

Archer Aviation Incident at San Jose Airport Injures 3, Forces Evacuation of 100

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Mass evacuation as futuristic jet sparks ‘dangerous’ chain reaction at California hub

Three people were injured and 100 were evacuated Tuesday after employee error caused a battery thermal runaway at Archer Aviation's San Jose facility.

Archer Aviation Battery Incident Evacuates San Jose Facility

A battery thermal runaway at Archer Aviation's San Jose hub injured three people and triggered an evacuation before crews contained the cells.

“Three people injured following thermal runaway fire at Archer San Jose facility”

Multiple news reports say three people have been injured and following a thermal runaway fire at the Archer Aviation San Jose facility. According to a report in the New York Post: “Archer Aviation said the incident at the San Jose facility involved 30 Molicel batteries and can be attributed to an “employee error,” according to KRON. “Yesterday, we had a small fire during routine battery testing in our 77 Rio Battery lab,” the company told The Ca…