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Old 09-23-2006, 11:08 AM   #1
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Airport rules regarding laptops...

are laptops now banned from carry on luggage?
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Old 09-23-2006, 11:23 AM   #2
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no... just liquids... so unless you laptop has water inside, you are fine ;-)
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Old 09-23-2006, 11:24 AM   #3
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no

just take them out and put them on the conveyor through the xray thats all, they wanna see a laptop is a laptop
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Old 09-24-2006, 08:03 AM   #4
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I think no because my friend have it with her
during her flight to her parents place
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Old 09-24-2006, 08:05 AM   #5
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It depends which airline, some airlines have banned Dell and Apple laptops because they use sony batteries that have been exploding and catching on fire.
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Old 09-24-2006, 08:05 AM   #6
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You'll just have to let it go through x-ray and they might ask you to turn it on. But they aren't banned.
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Old 09-24-2006, 08:09 AM   #7
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Dell and Apple banned on some airlines...
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4189

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4066
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Old 09-24-2006, 08:44 AM   #8
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I wouldn't let by laptop to fly apart of me. So i guess they should let me carry it with me.
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Old 09-24-2006, 04:40 PM   #9
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It depends which airline, some airlines have banned Dell and Apple laptops because they use sony batteries that have been exploding and catching on fire.
glad i have a sony and a toshiba.
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Old 09-24-2006, 04:42 PM   #10
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i keep reading about Dell batteries catching on fire. thats scary stuff. especially if happened on a plane.
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Old 09-24-2006, 04:43 PM   #11
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if you are travelling to or from england, then yeah

otherwise no, that was all GFY hype
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Old 09-24-2006, 04:43 PM   #12
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It depends which airline, some airlines have banned Dell and Apple laptops because they use sony batteries that have been exploding and catching on fire.
bullshit

that is total internet gossip

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/sto...2474607&page=1

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Old 09-24-2006, 04:45 PM   #13
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they arent banned but they make you take it out and put it into a seperate bin for the x-ray machine.
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