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Another lithium battery event - Thankfully this one happened on the ground.

19 Jul 2021
On 27 October 2019, an under-floor hold fire warning was annunciated in the flight deck of an aircraft which was about to begin taxiing. Since there were no signs of fire in the passenger cabin or during an emergency services external inspection, a non-emergency disembarkation of all occupants was made. The hold concerned was then opened and fire damage sourced to the overheated lithium battery in a passenger wheelchair. The Investigation identified a number of weaknesses in both the applicable loading procedures and compliance with the ones in place.
Source SKYBRARY

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