AussieJester
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Thought this might be of interest, posted on Perth Now''
"Meanwhile, in another ATSB report released today, smoke billowing from the cargo hold of a Fiji Airways plane prior to takeoff prompted a Mayday call at Melbourne Airport on April 26.
Aerodrome rescue and firefighting service and Australian Federal Police were called, identifying the cause as an electrical short circuit in more than two dozen lithium-ion polymer batteries contained in a passenger’s luggage.
Fiji Airways has since issued a warning that any passenger found to be carrying undeclared lithium batteries will be offloaded and refused carriage."
KiM
"Meanwhile, in another ATSB report released today, smoke billowing from the cargo hold of a Fiji Airways plane prior to takeoff prompted a Mayday call at Melbourne Airport on April 26.
Aerodrome rescue and firefighting service and Australian Federal Police were called, identifying the cause as an electrical short circuit in more than two dozen lithium-ion polymer batteries contained in a passenger’s luggage.
Fiji Airways has since issued a warning that any passenger found to be carrying undeclared lithium batteries will be offloaded and refused carriage."
KiM