Lithium batteries are ok to use in aircrafts, according to experts
Alan Levin
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Lithium-ion batteries like the ones that overheated on two Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliners can be made safe enough for even the most critical transportation uses, according to three experts who will speak at a forum today.
“The batteries are continuing to get better and safer,” Dan Doughty, of Battery Safety Consulting Inc. in Albuquerque, New Mexico, said in an interview. “As we learn and understand the failure modes, that will continue.”
The question is whether safeguards, such as encasing them in steel and building in protective circuitry, are too costly, Vince Visco, senior vice president of strategy and business development at Quallion LLC, said in an interview. Los Angeles- based Quallion makes batteries for use in space and medical devices. He and Doughty are set to speak today at a U.S. National Transportation Safety Board forum in Washington.
Boeing is proposing protections like those Visco described in a red
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