SavannahMann
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In the last year there have been at least 33 fires of electronic devices in airplane cabins. None of these events have caused a loss of aircraft incident. In other words none of the planes crashed. The reason is that someone was there to put out the fire.
Airplane cargo holds have Halon gas fire suppression systems. These systems work well for most kinds of fires, but not lithium battery fires. So obviously extreme care should be used when transporting these kinds of items.
Terrorists have come up with a way to make a bomb just barely big enough to punch a hole in the plane in a laptop. Yes this has happened all of once. Not once in the last year. Just once period. So obviously the biggest threat is a lithium battery fire right?
If you said yes, you can't work for the Department of Homeland Insecurity.
U.S. to Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights From Europe, Officials Say
Now let's see what happens when lithium batteries start to burn in a cargo container which is then subjected to the standard fire suppression system of Halon.
Um. I don't think that fire suppression system works too well for this kind of fire.
Why does this matter? Well the DHS and FAA have announced that no laptops may be in the passenger compartment of planes coming from the Middle East or Europe. Because this way the terrorists can't set off a bomb, but those 33 fires we mentioned will be way better in the cargo compartment. Or something.
You know, where nobody can get to it and the fire will just burn out of control until the plane explodes or crashes. At least we will know we prevented a terrorist attack. We can rule that it is the fault of the laptop makers later.
God save us from the idiots who are trying to protect us.
Airplane cargo holds have Halon gas fire suppression systems. These systems work well for most kinds of fires, but not lithium battery fires. So obviously extreme care should be used when transporting these kinds of items.
Terrorists have come up with a way to make a bomb just barely big enough to punch a hole in the plane in a laptop. Yes this has happened all of once. Not once in the last year. Just once period. So obviously the biggest threat is a lithium battery fire right?
If you said yes, you can't work for the Department of Homeland Insecurity.
U.S. to Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights From Europe, Officials Say
Now let's see what happens when lithium batteries start to burn in a cargo container which is then subjected to the standard fire suppression system of Halon.
Um. I don't think that fire suppression system works too well for this kind of fire.
Why does this matter? Well the DHS and FAA have announced that no laptops may be in the passenger compartment of planes coming from the Middle East or Europe. Because this way the terrorists can't set off a bomb, but those 33 fires we mentioned will be way better in the cargo compartment. Or something.
You know, where nobody can get to it and the fire will just burn out of control until the plane explodes or crashes. At least we will know we prevented a terrorist attack. We can rule that it is the fault of the laptop makers later.
God save us from the idiots who are trying to protect us.