If lithium ion batteries are as dangerous as some of the restrictions
appear to imply, is there not a risk that somebody will decide that
they are not allowed anywhere on an aircraft either in the cabin or the
hold?! This would make life difficult for anyone carrying modern
equipment from smartphones through OMD's to laptops but one can see the
argument as lithium fires are apparently difficult to extinguish - any
of us who have seen potassium or sodium burn can believe that. I hope
they solve the problem of the Dreamliner fires soon and that it is
faulty charging equipment or anything other than properly assembled
batteries. But even so, lithium is clearly a potentially bad
flammable material to have available to malcontents on aircraft.....???
Brian Gray
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