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FAA Says Some Battery Fire Containment Products Could be Mislabeled

The FAA warns that some fire containment kits and bags, used for dealing with lithium ion battery fires on airplanes, might be mislabeled. Pexels
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Key Takeaways:

With HP recently recalling 50,000 laptop computers over worries their lithium ion batteries could ignite, fires that might erupt in flight are certain to remain front page news this year. The FAA recently published InFO 17021 to clarify the use of potentially mislabeled fire containment kits and bags, as well as the procedures to deal with incendiary laptops and tablets.

Rob Mark

Rob Mark is an award-winning journalist, business jet pilot, flight instructor, and blogger.

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