The US Federal Aviation Administration has said that new research has shown that lithium batteries are sensitive to heat and can ignite in-flight if transported in cargo compartments that get too hot, Associated Press has reported. The US regulator also acknowledged publicly for the first time that a UPS 747-400 plane that crashed in Dubai last month killing both pilots was carrying a large quantity of lithium batteries.
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