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1. There are international rules around how many lithium batteries can be carried,

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 02:47 PM

Mar 2014

how they are packaged, and so forth, that should prevent this from happening.

But whether they were enforced or not...

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Lithium batteries my ass [View all] Iwasthere Mar 2014 OP

Lithium? I don't even know em. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #2

+100 nt okaawhatever Mar 2014 #8

I'm still leaning toward the sharp_stick Mar 2014 #3

Nuts. That makes no sense. I think thiss what actually happened: Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #9

I have a theory frazzled Mar 2014 #4

+1 Fearless Mar 2014 #6

With no wreckage, why would they assume this? ecstatic Mar 2014 #5

Well, they probably have a cargo manafest jeff47 Mar 2014 #11

Maybe a silly question, but would this threat apply to car trunks ecstatic Mar 2014 #13

Partially. jeff47 Mar 2014 #14

Thanks ecstatic Mar 2014 #15

It will probably be ok. But I wouldn't charge it unless jeff47 Mar 2014 #16

this is what cnn does warrior1 Mar 2014 #7

Are they talking about this Emirates flight jsr Mar 2014 #10

Maybe they've got them confused with diithium crystals rocktivity Mar 2014 #12

Turn west captain -- I canna make 'er go north. FarCenter Mar 2014 #17