Originally Posted by
PILOTGUY
Maybe I missed it prior, as I do work, but today's update on CNN had one of the airline officials stating there were lithium ion batteries on board.
There were probably lots of them... In everyone's smartphone and laptops. Once again, though, fires tend to burn through the plane and take them down in unholy glory within 20 minutes. They tend to not reprogram the FMS and fly along for another 6 hours.