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chromas
on Friday March 01 2019, @11:06AM
from the pack-the-device-but-carry-on-the-batteries dept.
from the pack-the-device-but-carry-on-the-batteries dept.
The US is banning lithium batteries from cargo holds. The result will mean that all your phones, tablets, computers, music players, games consoles, and other rechargeable devices must be carried in hand luggage and tipped out onto trays to go through the metal detectors. Expect longer lines.
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US Bans Lithium Batteries from Plane Cargo Holds to Limit Explosion Risk
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday March 01 2019, @05:40PM
The problem is that nobody wants to be the guy who reduced security, just before an incident happens.
There is no benefit, not career advancement, to be had by denouncing the immense waste of time and dollars, that wouldn't come crashing should some moron (statistically a white domestic madman) actually succeed at taking down a plane.
At the same time, it should be pointed out that I can walk into the corner gun shop, keep my shoes on, wait a week to get a 50-cal, and easily shoot down planes taking off from any airport with a forest or mountain near the take-off path. Much easier than anything you can do from the inside, since passengers have learnt to fight back. But "Mah Freedom !" nothing is being done about that.