New York , NY – If you’re one of the millions of airline travelers who carry spare lithium laptop, cell phone and camera batteries with you, listen up: The government has some new rules which go into effect on New Year’s Day.
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Fortunately, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is not worried about the batteries installed in your devices, be it an iPhone or laptop. Those are safe to bring along with you on the plane in your carry-on bag.
But the TSA is worried about loose, spare batteries. These are batteries with uncovered electrical contacts, which, if touched by other metal objects could cause an explosion and fire during a flight. So, the agency wants to make sure that any spare lithium batteries you take with you on your flight meet its new standards.
Simply speaking, the rules are that you can’t pack spare lithium batteries in your checked luggage and can bring spare batteries with you in your carry-on luggage — up to a point. [thestreet.com]
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Paranoia runs deep.
And with TSA, it runs the deepest.
This is silly.
And, a terrorist has much simpler ways of nailing an aircraft.
TSA keeps looking for the bomb, when the solution is, and always has been, look for the bomber. The Israelis know this and practice it, but it’s gonna be a few more years and thousands of more lawyers before the US ever comes around to it…Hashem Yishmor
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Luckily the government doesn’t believe in keeping the head in the sand…
why the the gov. and state or even country advertise these hazards? i never knew such a thing but now i do and so does mahmood amadinajed…