Lithium Batteries...Who carries them?
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Lithium Batteries...Who carries them?
I would like to compile an informal list of carriers who transport lithium batteries; what special measures they take to do so; pilot comments about the issue; management responses; any reports of incidents and new developments in research or regulation of lithium batteries.
Thank you.
Thank you.
#5
FedEx. The only restrictions on carriage for us is that the batteries cannot be loaded on the same pallet or container as Accessible DG (DG that must be located in crew accessible locations and crew inspected prior to departure). The batteries can be loaded in the position right next to the class 1 explosive pallet - just not mixed in with them....so, we got that going for us.....which is nice.
The batteries do not have to be crew accessible (and frequently are not) and can even be loaded in belly positions if properly blocked/secured.
In the past few years, we started being notified that they are on board. They are identified as class 9 miscellaneous which is the same category as dry ice and magnetized material. So, we do at least know which pallets have the potential to burn through the bottom of the aircraft.
The batteries do not have to be crew accessible (and frequently are not) and can even be loaded in belly positions if properly blocked/secured.
In the past few years, we started being notified that they are on board. They are identified as class 9 miscellaneous which is the same category as dry ice and magnetized material. So, we do at least know which pallets have the potential to burn through the bottom of the aircraft.
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Candler, doesn't the 747 have the same thing as a basic 777F with a main deck fire warning. Arm and activate the appropriate compartment switches and get a controlled depressurization? Obviously a rather cheap way to possibly buy some extra time at altitude if a suitable divert is not conveniently close by.
I realize that's probably not going to do much with a runaway battery situation, just curious if that's an optional system Atlas went without.
I realize that's probably not going to do much with a runaway battery situation, just curious if that's an optional system Atlas went without.
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Candler, doesn't the 747 have the same thing as a basic 777F with a main deck fire warning. Arm and activate the appropriate compartment switches and get a controlled depressurization? Obviously a rather cheap way to possibly buy some extra time at altitude if a suitable divert is not conveniently close by.
You've got about 15 minutes to get the plane on the deck somewhere/anywhere. Whether that's the ocean or some other piece of real estate, it doesn't matter, because you are going down one way or another.
At UPS, we practiced this 15 minute emergency landing scenario during past recurrent training. It's doable if you're basically right on top of an appropriate airfield, otherwise your options are limited to immediate ditching or an attempted landing in a "less than optimal" location. God help us all.
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