Submission + - LiON fires on aircraft (cbsnews.com)
khb writes: CBS contends that these are happening nearly weekly. There's a nice video, and they correctly observe the difficulties in putting out such fires. Unclear why aircraft aren't being upgraded with a "disposal chute". It seems that dumping small battery items (assuming not over a forest, chaparral, or an urban area) would be a better bet than trying to manage it onboard. Or perhaps a small amount of liquid nitrogen could manage such small item fires.
