Airline bans 'fire fear' laptops
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Korean Air bans some battery-powered laptops from its flights over fears they may start fires, a report says.
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Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has issued a warning related to potential problems with the batteries in some 28,000 of its 15-inch PowerBook G4 laptop computers, telling customers that the batteries may pose a fire hazard due to overheating.
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SEPTEMBER 03, 2004  - IBM is recalling about 225,000 AC power adapters for its laptop computers due to concerns about possible fire and electrical shock hazards.
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In response to the recall of millions of batteries, the airline is restricting in-flight use of many popular notebooks. In Gear Factor.
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The Taiwan-made AC adapters sold with Dell notebooks can overheat, posing risk of fire and electrical shock.
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The government is relaxing its ban against carrying liquids and gels onto airliners, instituted after a plot to bomb jets flying into the United States was foiled, an administration official said Monday.
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BBC News Online looks at what rights passengers have if their holidays or flights are cancelled.
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IBM said on Thursday that it will recall about 553,000 AC power adapters worldwide for several models of its laptop computers because of potential fire and electrical shock hazards.
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A group of top classical musicians has warned of the threat to artistic life from a hand baggage ban introduced after British police foiled an alleged bomb plot against transatlantic airliners.
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Airline Virgin Atlantic is to make travellers remove batteries from all Dell and Apple laptops.
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Airlines will cut 20 percent of flights  departing London's Heathrow Airport on Monday following a  directive by the airport's owner amid a growing row over how to  handle tougher security measures.
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The FCC thinks it might be time to revoke the ban and make wireless Web surfing possible on flights. By Jim Nash. That tray table might still have to go up and your bag might still have to be stowed in the overhead bin.
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A fire involving a laptop at Los Angeles International Airport has prompted Lenovo Group and IBM to recall Sony-made batteries used in 526,000 laptops because of concerns about fire.
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Dell Inc. said Monday it will recall 4.1 million notebook computer batteries because they can overheat and catch fire. Dell negotiated conditions of the recall with the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission, which called it the largest electronics-related recall ever conducted by the agency.
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If my hunch is correct,â writes Julio Ojeda-Zapata , âbusiness-class airliner cabins will be filled with corporate types whipping out their MacBook Airs for work amid admiring glances from seatmates.â MacBook Air, after all, âis one sexy portable,â a laptop that âscreams luxury with its extra-bright display (a newfangled light-emitting-diode variant) and a full-size, backlit keyboard that has a great, firm feel.â Ojeda-Zapata suggests that âbusiness types needing ultraportability with style and comfort wonât be able to resist the Air. They can even wedge Windows in there (I did so with no trouble).â
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To help reduce the risk of fires, air travelers will no longer be able to pack loose lithium batteries in checked luggage beginning Jan. 1, the Transportation Department said Friday
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The batteries purchased as a ThinkPad upgrade may overheat when the laptop is dropped, product safety commission says.