[ale] OT: Planes and Li-Ion batteries

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 09:40 -0400, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> I'm flying to Seattle Sunday and it is a 5.5 hour trip.  I want to take
> an extra laptop battery so my laptop will last most the trip.  I thought
> I read somewhere that this is no longer allowed.  Anyone know the
> details?

	It's not a major issue.  One or two high capacity spares or any number
of standard capacity spares in carry-on bags properly protected to
prevent shorting out is no problem.

	http://safetravel.dot.gov/

	Mike
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