U.S. To Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights from Europe

Re:U.S. To Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights from Europe by pdkl95 on Thursday May 11, 2017 @07:18AM (#14315210)

Note that the video claims it's 5000 Li+ batteries. It's hard to tell from the video, but it looks like it was ~4 boxes filled with only the batteries. Even a large pile of laptops (no bags) would have a hard time making the explosion[1] in the video. If you separated each battery+laptop into separate bags, the density of Li is so low a single battery burning/exploding may not even reach the other batteries.

[1] obviously a fire is still possible, even with a single battery

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Re:U.S. To Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights from Europe by grey-area on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @09:09AM (#14349229)

Yes I guess it would only contain a few hundred laptops if they force all into the hold. I imagine a fire is quite possible though from a rigged laptop (or just an accident) and impossible to put out, unlike a fire in the cabin.

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