As ubiquitous as Li-Ion batteries have become, has there ever been a problem with a battery exploding on an airplane?
Whether or not there is any technical basis for the new restrictions and regulations, I believe that these changes are designed to make it look like the TSA/Dept. of Homeland Security are doing more...which is enough to convince plenty of idiots that the work they're doing is successful and/or worthwhile. In other words, it's a Spectacle...performance art designed to lie...you know, propaganda.
Either that, or the next US megaweapon will be powered by free, confiscated batteries. Maybe the administration is planning to drunk-dial Ahmadinejad on New Years, just to goad him into war.
No retard, they just explode in the laptops. Good job on working in your Anti-TSA schtick, but it doesn't really apply here. THIS IS NOT A BAN, PEOPLE! A ban forbids things. This just changes the way you have to carry these items, and limits the amount you can carry. IT MAKES SENSE. Don't cut off your noses to spite your face here.
First off, its not the TSA that created the rule, they are only enforcing it. The rule was researched and developed by PHMSA, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, an operational unit of the DOT (there are like 12 of them, FHWA, FTA, FRA, MARAD, FMCSA, PHMSA and a bunch of others I cannot remember).
And yes, there have been fires caused by them, or believed to be caused by them. The major issue is the fact that the fire suppression systems in planes are not able to deal with lithium based fires.
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indiecognition @ Dec 28th 2007 4:06PM
As ubiquitous as Li-Ion batteries have become, has there ever been a problem with a battery exploding on an airplane?
Whether or not there is any technical basis for the new restrictions and regulations, I believe that these changes are designed to make it look like the TSA/Dept. of Homeland Security are doing more...which is enough to convince plenty of idiots that the work they're doing is successful and/or worthwhile. In other words, it's a Spectacle...performance art designed to lie...you know, propaganda.
Either that, or the next US megaweapon will be powered by free, confiscated batteries. Maybe the administration is planning to drunk-dial Ahmadinejad on New Years, just to goad him into war.
fred @ Dec 28th 2007 4:16PM
No retard, they just explode in the laptops. Good job on working in your Anti-TSA schtick, but it doesn't really apply here. THIS IS NOT A BAN, PEOPLE! A ban forbids things. This just changes the way you have to carry these items, and limits the amount you can carry. IT MAKES SENSE. Don't cut off your noses to spite your face here.
Jason @ Dec 28th 2007 4:37PM
First off, its not the TSA that created the rule, they are only enforcing it. The rule was researched and developed by PHMSA, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, an operational unit of the DOT (there are like 12 of them, FHWA, FTA, FRA, MARAD, FMCSA, PHMSA and a bunch of others I cannot remember).
And yes, there have been fires caused by them, or believed to be caused by them. The major issue is the fact that the fire suppression systems in planes are not able to deal with lithium based fires.