{"version":"1.9","identifier":"642c4257-4a15-48fe-8d86-ca934b985498","language":"en-US","title":"Avelo adds a battery-fire response tool designed to avoid handling a burning device","layout":{"columns":7,"width":1024,"margin":32,"gutter":20},"componentLayouts":{"text":{"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":7,"maximumContentWidth":720,"margin":{"top":12,"bottom":12}},"photo":{"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":7,"margin":{"top":20,"bottom":20}}},"componentTextStyles":{"default":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":18,"lineHeight":29,"textColor":"#171717"},"headline":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue-Bold","fontSize":36,"lineHeight":42,"conditional":[{"conditions":{"maxViewportWidth":480},"fontSize":28,"lineHeight":34}]},"intro":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":20,"lineHeight":28,"textColor":"#555555"},"caption":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":13,"lineHeight":19,"textColor":"#666666"},"byline":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":13,"lineHeight":20,"textColor":"#666666"},"body":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":18,"lineHeight":29,"paragraphSpacingAfter":14,"linkStyle":{"textColor":"#00704a"}}},"metadata":{"contentGenerationType":"AI","canonicalURL":"https://www.loungefrog.com/news/avelo-lithium-fire-suppression-system-power-bank-fires","datePublished":"2026-11-12T16:36:41.803217Z","dateModified":"2026-11-12T16:36:41.803217Z","authors":["Lounge Frog Editorial Team"],"excerpt":"Avelo says its new portable LFSS device lets crews put out lithium battery fires without handling the burning gadget. Here is what it does and what Avelo has not said.","thumbnailURL":"https://pub-fac99da959e344fe99d810d309cef7df.r2.dev/photos/article/642c4257-4a15-48fe-8d86-ca934b985498/d13a5f6b316212f92afe7c07a1b2d11b.jpg","keywords":["airline"],"generatorName":"Frog News","generatorVersion":"1.0"},"components":[{"role":"title","text":"Avelo adds a battery-fire response tool designed to avoid handling a burning device","textStyle":"headline","layout":"text"},{"role":"intro","text":"Avelo says its new portable LFSS device lets crews put out lithium battery fires without handling the burning gadget. Here is what it does and what Avelo has not said.","textStyle":"intro","layout":"text"},{"role":"byline","text":"By Lounge Frog Editorial Team · AI-assisted · Published November 12, 2026","textStyle":"byline","layout":"text"},{"role":"photo","URL":"https://pub-fac99da959e344fe99d810d309cef7df.r2.dev/photos/article/642c4257-4a15-48fe-8d86-ca934b985498/d13a5f6b316212f92afe7c07a1b2d11b.jpg","caption":"Avelo Boeing 737 N808VL at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on April 25, 2023. File photograph; it does not show the new fire-response equipment. · Mx. Granger — CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)","accessibilityCaption":"Avelo Boeing 737 N808VL at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on April 25, 2023. File photograph; it does not show the new fire-response equipment.","layout":"photo"},{"role":"caption","text":"Avelo Boeing 737 N808VL at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on April 25, 2023. File photograph; it does not show the new fire-response equipment. · Mx. Granger — CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)","textStyle":"caption","layout":"text"},{"role":"body","format":"markdown","text":"Avelo Airlines has announced a new tool for a serious cabin safety risk: a phone, laptop or power bank that catches fire. In [a release dated Oct. 23, 2026](https://www.aveloair.com/company-news/avelo-airlines-adds-lithium-fire-suppression-system-as-a-newly-added-layer-of-onboard-safety), the airline said it is adding the Lithium Fire Suppression System, or LFSS, to its planes. Avelo says it is the first U.S. airline to place the device on board.\n\n## What the device does\n\nLFSS is a portable emergency tool built for what engineers call thermal runaway. That is when a lithium-ion battery overheats, and the heat feeds on itself until the cell burns or vents.\n\nAccording to Avelo, the device uses a dry suppression agent to cool the battery, contain the fire and stop it from spreading. The maker describes the agent as mineral-based. The stated purpose is that crew members do not have to pick up or move a burning gadget.\n\nAvelo’s safety chief, Michael Quiello, said the system is portable and can be added without permanent aircraft modifications. The airline and manufacturer say it is designed to reduce the need for crew to handle an unstable device. These are their descriptions of the equipment; the announcement does not provide independent comparative test results.\n\n## How it fits existing procedures\n\nAvelo was careful to say LFSS is an extra layer. The airline listed five parts of its battery-fire plan:\n\n* **Prevention:** clear guidance for passengers on using lithium batteries and power banks in flight.\n* **Detection and response:** training crews to spot warning signs such as heat, smoke or a swelling device.\n* **Containment and cooling:** its existing fire procedures stay in place, with LFSS as one more tool.\n* **Training:** hands-on LFSS practice in recurrent crew training.\n* **Oversight:** a formal hazard review of the new equipment and ongoing monitoring through its safety reporting programs.\n\nAvelo did not say how many units each plane will carry, when every aircraft will have one, or what the device costs. It also did not say whether any Avelo flight has had a battery fire. The airline flies 17 Boeing Next-Generation 737s, according to the release.\n\n## Why this matters for every flyer\n\nLithium batteries are carried on many airlines, and a new response device does not change a passenger’s responsibility to follow the crew’s instructions. Our guide explains why passengers should [remove a power bank before a bag is gate-checked](https://www.loungefrog.com/news/gate-checking-a-bag-remove-the-power-bank-before-it-goes-to-the-hold).\n\nThe announcement should be assessed as a description of Avelo’s equipment and training plan. Being first to announce a particular branded tool does not establish that other airlines have inadequate procedures. Nor does the release show how this system compares with other containment equipment in actual cabin conditions.\n\n## What the announcement establishes\n\nAvelo describes an additional response tool, not a replacement for trained crews, established procedures or prevention. The release gives no fleetwide completion date, price or incident-performance record. Those limits matter when assessing the scale of the change.\n\nThe [FAA’s passenger guidance](https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/packsafe/lithium-batteries) requires power banks and spare lithium batteries to stay in carry-on baggage, including when a bag is checked at the gate. It also tells passengers to alert the crew immediately if a device overheats, expands, smokes or burns. Protect spare batteries against short circuits, and check the airline’s own capacity and quantity limits before travel. Additional equipment does not relax those precautions.","textStyle":"body","layout":"text"}]}