Originally Posted by
jungle
If you think you can put out a lithium battery fire by starving it for oxygen or shooting halon into it, you are wasting your time. It contains its own oxidizer.
Immediate landing or ditching is really the only option. On average you have about 17 minutes to get it done.
http://777cheatsheets.com/resources/Lithium_Battery.pdf
Would it be a good idea for all of the cargo pilot unions to get together in
unity and make a statement to their companies saying that lithium batteries will not be allowed on airplanes anymore? Maybe barging or trucking them is a safer alternative?