Frontier Airlines flight F9-1883 made an emergency landing in Tampa, Florida, on February 3rd.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Orlando, Florida, to Phoenix, Arizona, was diverted after a Lithium-Ion battery on-board caught fire.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Lufthansa flight LH-762 had to return and make an emergency landing in Munich, Germany, on December 9th.
The Airbus A350-900 plane took off for Delhi, India, but had to turn back after one of the batteries failed.
The plane landed back safely. All two hundred and sixty-eight people aboard remained unharmed.
SriLankan Airlines flight UL-166 made an emergency landing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 30th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane flying from Kochi, India, declared an emergency after smoke was noticed emanating from a bag carrying a Lithium Ion battery and two mobile phones.
The crew discharged fire extinguishers into the bag while the plane continued for a safe landing.
All two hundred and two people aboard remained unharmed.
Germania Flug flight GM-3225 had to return and make an emergency landing in Pristina, Kosovo, on June 14th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Zurich, Switzerland, but had to turn back after a phone battery started emitting smoke.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
JetBlue flight B6-915 had to divert for an emergency landing in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on May 30th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane heading from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, to San Francisco, California, was diverted after a lithium battery inside a passenger’s laptop caught fire.
The plane landed safely. All 158 people aboard remained unharmed.
Skymark Airlines flight 732 had to return and make an emergency landing at New Chitose Airport, Hakkaido, Japan, on August 22nd.
The aircraft en-route to Haneda, Japan, was mid-air when a passenger’s portable battery charger exploded and started emitting smoke.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 170 passengers onboard remained unharmed.
American Airlines flight AA-141 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on June 16th.
The Boeing 777-200, en-route from Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom, to John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, was diverted after the crew reported a battery discharge issue.
The plane landed safely. All 100 people aboard remained unhurt.
A small plane made an emergency landing in Tennessee River at Decatur, Alabama, on April 7th.
The pilot of the small seaplane said he was doing some survey work for a proposed water pipeline when the aircraft’s battery failed, forcing him to make an emergency landing.
Both occupants of the plane, including the pilot Peter Serodino, of Chattanooga, and his only passenger, remained unharmed.
The plane was towed to a nearby marina.
Flybe flight BE-1331 had to return and make an emergency landing in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, on February 17th.
The plane took off for London City, England, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew received indication of an overheated battery.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
Alaska Airlines flight 17 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, New York, on October 12,
The plane, en-route from Newark, New Jersey to Seattle, Washington, was diverted after the crew reported smoke coming out of a credit card reader. According to airline spokesperson Halley Knigge, apparently the smoke was caused due to a melting battery. “The flight crew used a fire extinguisher to stop the device from smoking while the captain made flight emergency arrangements,” she said.
The plane landed safely. There were 181 passengers and 6 crew members aboard at the time; none of them were harmed.
An advisory panel of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has recommended strict actions for discouraging bulk shipment of lithium batteries through commercial planes.
The recommendations were published by the ICAO on October 1, after a recent meeting of the advisory group was held in Cologne, Germany, in September.
The group has also suggested to re-assess the fire detection systems in terms of their ability of respond quickly and to limit the battery shipments to cargo compartments with excellent fire-suppression capability.
In July 2010, 2 people were killed after a shipment of batteries caught fire and caused a Boeing Co 747 cargo plane, operated by United Parcel Service Inc., to crash in Dubai.
At the US Chamber of Commerce’s aviation summit, Jim McNerney, the CEO of Boeing, said the expects the technical solution being tested now will resolve the 787’s battery system’s problem and return to flying soon.
The Dreamliner was grounded January 16.
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