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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 stormwyrm on Friday March 01 2019, @05:36PM (3 children)
Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 01 2019, @06:16PM
Previously, the FAA rules only permitted lithium batteries in checked luggage if the batteries were actually installed in a device. You have not been able to check batteries by themselves for some time, although 2011 was a long time ago and the rules might have been different again.
Nevertheless, this FAA rule change applies to US airspace only. Other countries can have slightly different rules, and airlines which fly to multiple countries may have to follow multiple sets of rules. Moreover, an airline may impose more restrictive rules on what they allow in their hold than the aviation authorities require.
(Score: 2) by tizan on Friday March 01 2019, @06:26PM (1 child)
Partially not new...here is Delta's rule from their web page
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Lithium Ion Batteries
Customers are permitted to travel with lithium ion batteries that contain a maximum of 160-watt hours per battery.
Any lithium ion battery containing more than 160-watt hours is prohibited on all passenger aircraft.
Lithium ion batteries installed in a personal electronic device can be transported as checked or carry-on baggage.
Lithium ion batteries not installed in a device (spares) must be in carry-on baggage and no more than two (2) spares between 100 and 160-watt hours are allowed.
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(Score: 4, Informative) by ElizabethGreene on Friday March 01 2019, @06:55PM
My son flies large RC helicopters, and the above policies are what we were told for our flight to Vegas. The helicopter would go in a checked pelican case. The batteries would go in their OEM cardboard boxes and be hand carried on the plane. We're going to ship them instead because neither of us wants to walk the agents through the math to convert Amp hours to Watt hours. (The Wh rating wasn't printed on the box.)
I think it's fire risk, not security, they are managing here. We've physically damaged (chopped with a hoe) a puffed 4 cell pack on the driveway (for Science!). The resulting fire was impressive. It absolutely could force a plane do an unscheduled landing.