Originally Posted by
ExSp33db1rd
my friend considers the cause of the fire may have been a Lithium battery
On what basis? Did your friend see a lithium battery? does your friend know what a lithium battery looks like? Or was it just some kind of divine inspiration, or simply the well known piece of fundamental physics:
"Fire + Aeroplane = Lithium Battery + lawsuit"?
Q.1 If the TSA allow a device to be carried on board that can accidentally cause a fire, what is to stop them allowing someone to deliberately use this technique ? Seems that toothpaste and nail clippers are forbidden, but potential incendiary devices are acceptable. I bet the pax. involved had to take his shoes off to board.
Interesting. Have you considered what the likely public response would be to a blanket ban on phones, tablets, laptops, vaping machines, cameras, chordless shavers, women's personal pleasure devices, MP3 players etc etc etc on aeroplanes, either in the hold or in the cabin?
Does the phrase "mind-bogglingly disproportionate over-reaction" mean anything to you?