A Yorkshire company is protecting more than 16,700 passenger aircraft from the danger of fires caused by lithium batteries
Environmental Defence Systems managing director Richard Bailey, who invented the AvSax, said: “Incidents are now happening worryingly often which is why it’s important all aircraft are protected from the dangers of lithium battery fire."
A spokesman said: “AvSax have been deployed in action at least 33 times on board aircraft since 2017 and on every occasion the aircraft was able to continue safely to its destination with no need to divert or make an emergency landing. “Planes which don’t have them often have to make emergency landings which can prove exceptionally costly to them with the bill quickly running into tens of thousands of pounds.
“Passengers will have noticed the pre-flight safety briefing has changed on aircraft recently with cabin crew saying they should be alerted if any electronic devices start to overheat or get lost down the seats. This is because if a passenger moves a seat to try to find a lost mobile the mechanism could crush the phone causing the battery to go into what’s known as thermal runaway.”
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