In addition to providing aircraft maintenance, management and charter services, North Texas-based Baker Aviation is also the exclusive distributor of the U.S.-made Hot-Stop L series fire-containment bags, designed to contain in-flight overheating of lithium-ion battery-powered devices. It has a full range of the U.S.-made safety bags produced by Industrial Energy Products (IEP) on display at its NBAA booth (1813).
Lithium-ion battery-powered computers and electronic devices have been identified as potential in-flight hazards due to the possibility of malfunction, which could lead to difficult-to-extinguish fires and explosions. IEP’s bags come in several sizes to accommodate laptop computers, tablets or cell phones and, according to IEP president Thomas Connelly Jr., are constructed of specialized materials engineered to withstand temperatures of 3,200 degrees F on the inside and more than 2,000 degrees F on the outside.
