Table 2 List of air-cargo/air-side transport incidents attributed to lithium-ion batteries and devices containing lithium-ion batteries32, 41,42,43,44,45.
Time | Incident | Root Cause |
|---|---|---|
Oct-2011 | Asiana airlines Cargo flight, a Boeing 747-400F, registration HL7604, crashed due to an in-flight fire in cargo bay. | Physical evidence did not permit identification of the exact cause of fire. However, the fire started near the pallets where lithium-ion batteries were being stored. |
Sep-2010 | UPS Airlines Flight 6, a Boeing 747-400F, registration N571UP, crashed due to an in-flight fire in cargo bay. | The fire was caused by the auto-ignition of the contents of a cargo pallet, which contained “a significant number” of lithium-ion batteries and other combustible materials |
Aug-2009 | FedEx discovered a burning and smoking package at one of their facilities, which contained GPS tracking devices with lithium-ion batteries, two of the devices had heated causing surrounding packaging and cushioning to ignite. | Mechanical shock/vibration, external short circuit improper packaging |
Aug-2009 | UPS found a smouldering package at its Taiwan Hub. Inspection of other packages in the same consignment indicated that similar batteries were shipped without terminal protection. | External short circuit, mechanical shock/vibration and improper packaging |
July-2009 | At the UPS hub in the Dominican Republic, a box started to emit smoke. The package had lithium-ion batteries for mobile phones. | External short-circuit of the lithium-ion batteries due to improper packaging |
Aug-2008 | UPS discovered a smoking package containing lithium-ion battery powered LED lamps at a ground sort facility. | External short circuit brought about by a combination of transport and handling shock and vibration with improper packaging |
Dec-2007 | Package containing a toy helicopter kit with lithium-ion polymer batteries was discovered emitting smoke at a FedEx sort facility. | External short circuit brought about by a combination of transport and handling shock and vibration with improper packaging |
Sept-2007 | At the Fedex facility package of lithium-ion battery was emitting smoke but the fire was contained within the box. | Mechanical damage |
Jun-2007 | A cargo hold fire alarm was activated during taxiing. The source was a package of lithium-ion battery. | External short-circuit |
Aug-2004 | A box containing lithium-ion battery module for prototype EV start to emit smoke on FedEx cargo plane loading ramp. | External short-circuit |
