Virgin Atlantic Bans Dell, Apple Laptops
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by Mike Zazaian September 16, 2006 - 5:42pm, 16 Comments
Amid a slew of incidents involving exploding Sony batteries, Virgin Atlantic announced that it won’t allow passengers to carry any Apple or Dell laptops onto flights.
Virgin Atlantic Airlines announced yesterday that passengers with any Dell or Apple laptop will not be allowed to use a battery while on the flight.
The announcement, posted on Virgin’s website, said that Passengers may carry on the laptop itself, but batteries must be properly wrapped
and stowed away in carry-on for the duration of the flight. However, the airline provided no details as to what proper wrapping entails. For those who wish to use a laptop while on the plane, Virgin plans to provide power adapters on flights where outlets are available.
Virgin’s new laptop policies aren’t without inconsistencies, though. While the Sony battery recalls applied only to certain models of Apple and Dell laptops, Virgin has disallowed all laptops of these brands from being used with batteries on their flights. Apple and Dell are currently in negotiations with Virgin to lift the ban on their laptops, which Virgin intends to do once battery woes are resolved. Also, Virgin will allow battery-equipped laptops to be stowed away in luggage, which seems to pose some comparable degree of threat compared to powered-on laptops on board.
Virgin is the third airline to make such restrictions on the recently-exploding laptops, following fellow international carriers Korean Air air and Qantas. Citing the incident of an exploding IBM at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) today, it wouldn’t be surprising if more airlines adapt similar policies. Until new thin-lithium technologies make exploding batteries a thing of the past, jetsetters might have to secede their laptop rights in favor of general safety.
[via cnet]
It’s a shame it’s come to this. Is making a battery really this difficult? I say we strap together 36 AA’s and just be done with it…
Robyn Tippins
this is just stupid
1. other brands of laptop use the same batteries (sony origin I believe)
2. a recall has already been done - boliting the barn after the horse has left
3. is it really easier to detect and put out a fire in the hold rather than the passenger area?
4. All Lion batteries can explode - includiing cell phones - don’t see a related ban on these
anon
So all of us who did the right thing and replaced our defective batteries must now suffer because of the brainless dopes who have not turned theirs in ? This is why we are boycotting Virgin Atlantic. Hopefully their business drops so quickly that they go out of business before Christmas. What a nice gift for me.
Ted Turner
So they banned fiery laptops. BIG DEAL. A small amount of safety for every passenger onboard, from an infant to a CEO, is provided by a few people NOT USING THEIR BATTERY on the flight. They did say they were making provisions to offer inverters. I know MY laptop works without a battery when it is plugged in.
Stop whining and plug it in. No one is infringing on your inalieble right to use your laptop on a Virgin flight. Frankly, my laptop performs better on CORD than it does BATTERY. You should welcome the change.
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