Laptops
could be banned from checked baggage on planes due to a fire risk under a
proposal being recommended by an international air safety panel.
According
to a report, an overheating laptop battery could cause a significant fire in a
cargo hold that fire fighting equipment aboard the plane would not be able to extinguish.
That could "lead to the loss of the aircraft," according to the
proposal.
The ban will be considered by
the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations organization,
at its meeting this month. Even if the organization endorses the proposal from
its Dangerous Goods Panel, which is making the recommendation, it would be up
to regulators in individual nations to pass rules to enforce it.
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