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Purveyor

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2. I watched a segment on NBC tonight on this with the dramatic footage of several suitcases

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Oct 20, 2017, 06:54 PM

Oct 2017

bursting into flames with a couple exploding. Every damned one of of them had a powercord running into the suitcase.

How f'n stupid do they think we are or is there some service I don't know about where the airline will "plug in' your laptop to charge while in the cargohold? I think not...

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Feds urge airlines to ban laptops in checked bags, citing fire, explosion risk [View all] Eugene Oct 2017 OP

american guns kill 30K or more EVERY YEAR yet there is no ban on those... nt msongs Oct 2017 #1

I watched a segment on NBC tonight on this with the dramatic footage of several suitcases Purveyor Oct 2017 #2

They need to just ban fuel on the airplane and get it over with Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #3