Yay! No more lithium-ion batteries in checked baggage!

Jstas
Jstas Posts: 14,842
edited January 2008 in The Clubhouse
http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/portal/site/PHMSA/menuitem.ebdc7a8a7e39f2e55cf2031050248a0c/?vgnextoid=24e4ffc638ef6110VgnVCM1000001ecb7898RCRD&vgnextchannel=0f0b143389d8c010VgnVCM1000008049a8c0RCRD&vgnextfmt=print

They want it in carry on baggage so that when it does blow up, you can witness the birth of your fireball of death instead of wondering what's going on.
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited January 2008
    Yeah...shorted lithiums the size of laptop batteries cause quite a fire. Just ask Mr. Dell who graciously gave me a new XPS laptop for my troubles with my dell 9100 laptop ( Used a desktop Pentium 4 HT cpu and a ATI 9800 high end video card that used to draw so much current as to short out cells in the pack...then the battery at anytime would go POOF.

    So now spare laptop batteries have to go in the belly ( And who doesnt carry a spare ? ) ....not good.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2008
    Lets all just fly naked, with no baggage.
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited January 2008
    Airplay355 wrote: »
    Lets all just fly naked, with no baggage.

    Would need plastic covered seats and a cleaning team between flights :p

    One quote from the movie Fight Club I LOVE would count even more on a naked flight.

    " Tyler Durden: Now, a question of etiquette - as I pass, do I give you the **** or the crotch? "
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