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> I can't imagine there were actually widespread battery fires for as long as I remember never having heard not to put a battery in checked luggage This was pr
by rsynnott 2y ago
> I can't imagine there were actually widespread battery fires for as long as I remember never having heard not to put a battery in checked luggage
This was pretty much the initiating incident, 15 years ago now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPS_Airlines_Flight_6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPS_Airlines_Flight_6
- rcxdude 2y agoThis. The rules got tightened right up when this happened, because regulators basically looked at it and went 'holy shit, what if that had been a passenger aircraft?'