IPad burns up on PDX flight

[ilikegunspdx]

Flight attendants ‘were not prepared’ for burning battery on Hawaiian Flight 26, passenger says

A Portland woman who was on the flight when an iPad caught fire estimated that it took flight attendants five minutes to locate a fire extinguisher.

www.oregonlive.com

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[JDubDub]

Pretty piss poor training. Any modern electronic device will experience a thermal runaway (fire) if the internal battery is folded or crushed. I partially wrote and reviewed the information my previous employer provided to all airlines. Basically forget the fire extinguisher- won't have any affect on a runaway battery and the material the plane seats are made of won't continue to burn once the device is removed. Every commercial plane in the US is supposed to have a fireproof box on board. The SOP is to place the device in the box and make sure the fire didn't spread to anything that will support a fire - generally passenger clothes or luggage.

 

[Certaindeaf]

That's because they had cut theirs off some time ago in the name of diversity, equity and inclusion.
logic

 

[Doomsdaygunz]

wow

 

[Xaevian]

Apple introduces the new iBurn 2.

 

[Alexx1401]

So all that "training" they go through and they could not find the damn fire extinguisher ?
With all the electronics on planes now I would have to think this would be a regular training thing to prepare for. DEI hires must be filling those jobs now too.

 

[kmk1012]

Apple introduces the new iBurn 2.

Hey, don't be making fun of Apple products, I love mine. I only had to spend 32 minutes on the phone with them to fix the one I use daily.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

 

[Retired Guy]

Sounds like a crew is scheduled for retraining. I know Hawaiian has those fireproof bags. They look like the bags pizza delivery uses.

 

[Spitpatch]

Fake news. It was actually a Hezbollah pager.

 

[Nosferatu]

This is why you don't swipe right so vigorously.

 

[po18guy]

UPDATE: after a thorough investigation, it was found to be a Hezbollah iPad.

 

[L84Cabo]

Do all airlines have containment bags/boxes and gloves for this type of thing...and the training to use them? Because this is not an uncommon event at this point.

 

[ttinc]

UPDATE: after a thorough investigation, it was found to be a Hezbollah iPad.

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