Baggage ban on batteries begins

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MSNBC

Starting Jan. 1, air travelers can't carry on loose lithium batteries

WASHINGTON - To help reduce the risk of fires, air travelers will no longer be able to pack loose lithium batteries in checked luggage beginning Jan. 1, the Transportation Department said Friday.

Passengers can still check baggage with lithium batteries if they are installed in electronic devices, such as cameras, cell phones and laptop computers. If packed in plastic bags, batteries may be in carryon baggage. The limit is two batteries per passenger.

The ban affects shipments of non-rechargeable lithium batteries, such as those made by Energizer Holdings Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co.'s Duracell brand.

"Doing something as simple as keeping a spare battery in its original retail packaging or a plastic zip-lock bag will prevent unintentional short-circuiting and fires," Krista Edwards, deputy administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, said in a release.

The Federal Aviation Administration has found that fire-protection systems in the cargo hold of passenger planes can't put out fires sparked in lithium batteries.

The National Transportation Safety Board earlier this month said it could not rule out lithium batteries as the source of a cargo plane fire at Philadelphia International Airport last year.

Boredom intensified. on the plane. <.<

[deadmanwalkin]

interesting

[Jodes]

before you know it they will ban breathing

[deadmanwalkin]

yup

[Kaz]

I can understand why they feel the need... If they believe it can be dangerous then I support it. I'd rather be bored on a plane than be dead.

[JohnCenaFan28]

^ Totally agree. Better safe than sorry.

[lɐuǝɯo⊥ǝɥԀ]

At least it wasnt a complete ban if they are secure in a device then its fine but if they are loose and it will endanger your life then thats OK with me

[Punisher]

just put the batteries in something its not that big of a deal