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>>> DID LITHIUM BATTERIES PLAY A
IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF FLIGHT
370?
THIS IS COMING FROM THE
CORRESPONDENT IN WASHINGTON.
FROM PAMELA BROWN AS WELL.
INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO
CONCERNS THAT LITHIUM BATTERIES
IN THE CARGO HOLD WHICH HAVE
BEEN BLAMED COULD HAVE PLAYED A
ROLE IN THIS INVESTIGATION THAT
IS ACCORDING TO THE U.S.
OFFICIALS BRIEFED ON THE LATEST
INTELLIGENCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AIRLINER
PROBE.
THAT IS THE LATEST WE ARE
LOOKING AT.
NEW INFORMATION IS COMING IN ON
OTHER PARTS OF THE INVESTIGATION
AS WELL.
AN AVIATION ENGINEER AND A
LAWYER.
LITHIUM BATTERIES HAVE BEEN
PROBLEMATIC AND IT'S A
POSSIBILITY HERE.
>> LITHIUM BATTERIES ARE AN
INCREDIBLE INNOVATION OF A
MODERN AGE.
THEY PROVIDE THE MOST ENERGY
THAT IS AVAILABLE, BUT WITH THAT
BEING SAID, THEY HAVE A LONG AND
SORTED PAST TO GET INTO
AIRPLANES.
THEY ARE EXTREMELY FRAGILE.
>> AND VOLATILE.
>> EXTREMELY VOLATILE DEPENDING
ON THE MIX AND THE CIRCUMSTANCE.
THEY CAN EXPLODE WHEN THEY START
TO BURN.
THEY CAN BURN IN THE THOUSANDS
OF DEGREES.
RECENTLY THE BOEING 787 WHICH
SAY WONDERFUL AIRPLANE LARGELY
POWERED BY LITHIUM BATTERIES.
SITTING ON THE GROUND, IT BURNED
THROUGH THE OUTER HOLE OF THE
FUSELAGE AND DESTROYED AN
AIRPLANE.
IN THIS SITUATION TAKING THE
LATEST NEWS THAT IS LITERALLY IF
LITHIUM BATTERIES WERE IN THE
CARGO HOLD AND ASSUMING THAT
THEY OVERHEATED AND WEREN'T
PROPERLY COOLED AND SOMETHING
HAPPENED, THEY HAVE THE
CAPABILITY TO WREAK HAVOC AND
DESTRUCTION IN THAT AIRPLANE AND
COULD SINGLY ACCOUNT FOR WHAT
HAPPENED.
WE DON'T KNOW.
>> THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN THE
INFORMATION THAT THEY PICKED UP.
THEY PICKED UP A PING AND IT
WENT TO THE POINTS IF THERE
WAS -- IF A LITHIUM BATTERY WAS
AT FAULT OR A CONTRIBUTING
FACTOR, THAT WOULD BE AN
EXPLOSION?
>> A LITHIUM BATTERY, THEY START
TO OVERHEAT.
THEY GOT HOTTER AND HOTTER.
THEY START TO BURN THROUGH THEIR
CASING.
>> BURN THROUGH THE ELECTRICAL
SYSTEM?
>> ANYTHING THAT THEY ARE NEAR.
THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF
BURNING RIGHT THROUGH THE
ALUMINUM.
THEY BURN COMPOSITE AND CAUSE
DAMAGE.
DEPENDING ON WHERE THE LITHIUM
BATTERY WAS IN THE CARGO BAY OF
THAT AIRPLANE WOULD DIRECTLY
AFFECT CERTAIN SYSTEMS AND
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND COULD
TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED.
THE FLIGHT CREW AND WE ARE
SPECULATING, WHERE THE LITHIUM
BATTERIES, WE DON'T KNOW HOW
MANY THERE WERE, BUT IF THEY
STARTED TO OVERHEAT AND BURN,
THE CREW WOULD START TO GET
ALARMS.
THOSE AREAS ARE WELL-SENSORED
FOR HEAT AND DISTURBANCES AND
START TO SEE THAT SOMETHING IS
GOING WRONG IN THE CARGO BAY.
THE NEXT THING THEY MAY GET IS A
FIRE ALARM.
THEY COULD START TO SEE
ELECTRICAL ANOMALIES IN THE