E-cigarette battery causes baggage hold fire

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has warned against the dangers of lithium-ion batteries after a fire in a baggage compartment resulted in an emergency landing in Calgary last year. On 14 June, a WestJest Boeing 737-700 with 58 people on board had just taken off for Vancouver and was climbing through 9000 feet when a … Continue reading E-cigarette battery causes baggage hold fire