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Safety Alert - Exploding battery during testing of the emergency generator

Safety Alert - Exploding battery during testing of the emergency generator
During a sire inspection the Vetting inspector requested to test the emergency generator. When the generator was started by the crew, one of the two starting batteries exploded.

Luckily no injuries occurred since both batteries were placed in a fully enclosed battery box. the box has been cleaned and repaired. The damaged battery was exchanged with a spare battery and the emergency generator was successfully tested thereafter.
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Posted: Feb 19, 2020,
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