Well, except for the fact that 592 going down had nothing to do with lithium batteries (it was oxygen generators that caused the fire). There's also a substantial difference between a fire caused by a battery or two igniting inside someone's luggage, then a fire caused by several boxes of oxygen generators (which are specifically designed to produce oxygen with a very hot chemical reaction).
I think it more boils down to more government ass-covering by means of regulations, so if something does, someday take a plane down, they can say "we did everything we could!". Better to inconvenience billions of passengers instead...
As Corp. Hudson once said, "I feel safer already!"
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Nogami @ Dec 29th 2007 1:39PM
Well, except for the fact that 592 going down had nothing to do with lithium batteries (it was oxygen generators that caused the fire). There's also a substantial difference between a fire caused by a battery or two igniting inside someone's luggage, then a fire caused by several boxes of oxygen generators (which are specifically designed to produce oxygen with a very hot chemical reaction).
I think it more boils down to more government ass-covering by means of regulations, so if something does, someday take a plane down, they can say "we did everything we could!". Better to inconvenience billions of passengers instead...
As Corp. Hudson once said, "I feel safer already!"