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by tacostakohashi 1807 days ago
No, lithium batteries are explosive. If anything, the fire hazard is probably worse.

https://www.popsci.com/story/technology/electric-vehicle-bat...
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hellbannedguy 1807 days ago
Yea, they can drop fuel if they know there will be a problem.
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LinuxBender 1807 days ago
vs. ejecting batteries turns the aircraft into a bomber. The Air Force drop fuel tanks from some aircraft but I have no idea how much trouble they get into for doing that. [1][2]

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZfjyVbcJDI [video]

[2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXEyETZU8ag [video]

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