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Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ... by coldtea on Friday September 09, 2016 @05:36AM (#12460681)
>I wish more people understood how dangerous this could be and would take 3 minutes to take electronics out and carry them on board with them.

All kinds of electronics are in the cargo, including tons of packages of electronics mailed to users in another city/country.

Why would it be any more dangerous to have them in cargo than on board the passenger seats? Obviously cargo has better wall protection, and automatic fire extinguish systems...

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Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ... by leetrout on Friday September 09, 2016 @09:38AM (#12462032)
There are a lot of mixed reviews of the effectiveness of halon on li-ion batteries on fire. It definitely failed on actual battery cargo. One battery in luggage may be stoppable but I wouldn't want to find out first hand.

https://batterybro.com/blogs/18650-wholesale-battery-reviews...

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