Lithium Ion Battery Explodes On Delta Aircraft
Lithium batteries continue to cause serious issues in the aviation industry with another incident occurring yesterday aboard a Delta flight.A lithium-ion battery exploded on SkyWest flight 4449 operating as Delta Connection. Skywest 4449 was getting loaded up with cargo when crew members smelled smoke in the cargo hold. Delta ground crew searched the aircraft’s hold, unloaded bags and found a smoking battery that had exploded.A flight attendant came aboard before takeoff and showed passengers the item that had exploded....