I have read quit a bit about litjium batteries causing fires once a week on average on commercial airlines. ¹ (some cargo incidents are included). I dont unde

I have read quit a bit about litjium batteries causing fires once a week on average on commercial airlines. ¹ (some cargo incidents are included). I dont understand how the FAA has not banned cell phones / laptops /vape etc: anything with a lithium battery to be used while in the air, or really while in the plane. Seemsm to me they should be deposited when you enter the cabin, and stored by the crew in a specialized container that can safely deal with fires, or prevent them from happening period. Presumably it is due to the fact that passangers would feel unduly inconvenienced by having to spend a few hours without their Lithium powered tools? We all have to go through elaborate security checks before boarding to ensure nobody is carrying anything dangerous onboard, yet devices that cause fires upto once a week are allowed through without any problems. I must assume that this could be an exploitable vulnerability. If someone intent on blowing up a plane was able to bring PCs, pads, or any device(s) that can contain large batteries could modify them slightly to allow a manual trigger. Now perhaps one person is not enoguh, so how about 20, each bringing such a device on board. Could it enough to bring an airplane down? Could it burn through a window? Or cause enough smoke to kill people? (I dont know how toxic the plumes from a lithium fire might be) If this hypotetical situation could occur in real life then the whole secuirty theater we go through seems a bit faulty. ¹ https://explore.dot.gov/t/FAA/views/LithiumBatteries/IncidentDetails?%3Aembed=y&%3AisGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y https://explore.dot.gov/t/FAA/views/LithiumBatteries/Inciden... [2022]