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B777 first officer reported a passenger's auxiliary lithium polymer battery began smoking in flight and was hot to the touch.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1308633 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201511 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
A customer had a medium size aux battery plugged into a power port at their seat and from the battery to a phone that was being charged/powered; when the battery suddenly got very hot and started to smoke. It was unplugged from the power port and disconnected from the phone and a flight attendant transferred the battery to a steel coffee carafe per the inflight procedure. According to the purser; it was initially too hot to handle and smelled strongly of being burnt. Customer said she bought the battery in china because it was such a cheap price. I inspected the device after it was cooled down and did not see any external damage to it; although there was still; after a couple of hours; an odor to it and it was slightly warm to the touch. Battery says smart AC 120; and 'waban' on the face of it.ban customers from having any lipo batteries that are not installed in a device. Ban them entirely from checked baggage (good luck with that).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B777 First Officer reported a passenger's auxiliary lithium polymer battery began smoking in flight and was hot to the touch.
Narrative: A customer had a medium size aux battery plugged into a power port at their seat and from the battery to a phone that was being charged/powered; when the battery suddenly got very hot and started to smoke. It was unplugged from the power port and disconnected from the phone and a Flight Attendant transferred the battery to a steel coffee carafe per the inflight procedure. According to the Purser; it was initially too hot to handle and smelled strongly of being burnt. Customer said she bought the battery in China because it was such a cheap price. I inspected the device after it was cooled down and did not see any external damage to it; although there was still; after a couple of hours; an odor to it and it was slightly warm to the touch. Battery says Smart AC 120; and 'WABAN' on the face of it.Ban customers from having any LIPO batteries that are not installed in a device. Ban them entirely from checked baggage (Good luck with that).
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.