The crash, which killed both pilots, occurred near Dubai on September 3, 2010. The Boeing 747-400F jumbo jet had departed Dubai International Airport on a cargo flight toward Cologne, Germany. At 32,000 feet, 22 minutes into the flight, the crew told air traffic control on the ground in Bahrain that warning systems on the cargo compartments indicated fire in the main deck, and that they needed to land as soon as possible.
The plane turned back to Dubai, and the crew donned goggles and oxygen masks. Less than five minutes after the fire alarm, according to the report, smoke entered the cockpit, ultimately engulfing it and obscuring flight instruments. Landing gear stopped functioning, and the jet flew over the Dubai runway. The 747 ended up crashing just south of the airport on a military installation.
I'm an airline pilot. You might be aware of the horrific fire and crash of a Fedex MD-11 in Dubai about 6 months ago. The cause was a lithium battery short that caused a fire in the cargo. My airline recently changed it's rules to prohibit any carriage either in the cabin or in the cargo hold of lithium batteries over a certain size. I personally had to recently tell a disabled lady that we had to leave her power chair at the gate because of this. The FAA website has the size restrictions. The one I left at the gate was fairly large, I want to say it had 15 grams of lithium in it.
Jerry Barth
From: electricboats@yahoogroups.com [mailto:electricboats@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jcglt - FK8IH
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 9:24 PM
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Electric Boats] Torqeedo Lithium batteries transportation
I'm facing a problem with the 320Wh Lithium battery of my Torqeedo 503S engine : it does not charge and I have to send it back to a Torqeedo dealer but I'm facing a difficult problem about its transportation as I'm living in a South Pacific island and must send the battery to either Australia or Europe.
This battery is classified in Category 9 of a UNO classification and is considered as a hazardous material.
Does any member have any experience about transportation of Lithium batteries, by airplane or cargo ship ?
Thanks to all,
jcglt - S/V Bauhinia
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