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By Simon Tomlinson, Mar. 21, 2014, UK Daily Mail
Malaysian Airlines today
confirmed that flight MH370 had been carrying highly flammable lithium-ion
batteries in its cargo hold, re-igniting speculation that a fire may have
caused its disappearance.
The admission by CEO Ahmad
Jauhari comes four days after he denied the aircraft was carrying any dangerous
items and nearly two weeks after the plane went missing.
He said the authorities
were investigating the cargo, but did not regard the batteries as hazardous -
despite the law dictating they are classed as such - because they were packaged
according to safety regulations.
The revelation has thrown
the spotlight back on the theory that the Boeing 777 may have been overcome by
a fire, rendering the crew and passengers unconscious after inhaling toxic
fumes. Lithium-ion batteries -
which are used in mobile phones and laptops - have been responsible for a
number of fires on planes and have even brought aircraft down in recent years.
According to US-based
Federal Aviation Administration, lithium-ion batteries carried in the cargo or
baggage have been responsible for more than 140 incidents between March 1991
and February 17 this year, it was reported by Malaysiakini.
In rare cases, aircraft
have been destroyed as a result of fires started from the devices, although
they have been cargo planes in both incidents. In one case, UPS Airlines
Flight 6 crashed while attempting an emergency landing in September 2010 en
route from Dubai to Cologne in Germany.
Flight MH370 disappeared
from radar screens two weeks ago on March 8 after taking off from Kuala Lumpur
bound for Beijing.
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