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Re:U.S. To Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights from Europe by ulrikrasmussen on Thursday May 11, 2017 @03:12AM (#14314320)
Doesn't planes have automated extinguishers in the cargo hull? I actually don't know, but it is something I would assume.
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Re:U.S. To Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights from Europe by manicdee on Thursday May 11, 2017 @03:34AM (#14314393)
Batteries contain their own oxidiser and fuel, so the only way of extinguishing a better fire is to remove the heat (fire triangle: fuel, oxidiser, heat).

The best lay-person's method for extinguishing battery fires is flooding with cold water, which will be hard on an airplane at the best of times.

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Re:U.S. To Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights from Europe by tgummerer on Thursday May 11, 2017 @03:17AM (#14314345)
The article goes into more details on that. Basically the fire extinguishers are not powerful enough against lithium-ion battery fires.
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