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FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights

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Re: FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights

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mikeash wrote: post #19
slang800 wrote: post #11

The article doesn't explain how they intend to enforce this ban. A recalled MacBook looks identical to the non-recalled ones, so this seems like a pointless rule.

It will probably be quite effective. Travelers will see these articles, and airlines will probably send out reminders to people not to bring these machines on the plane. Most people with them will get them fixed or leave them at home, and the risk is greatly diminished. It's not a bomb where any failure to keep it off the planes is catastrophic. They can afford to have some people defying the ban.

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Re: FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights

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Post by js2 »

Multiple folks in this thread have asked how the TSA is going to deal with this. The answer is: it won't. These laptops were banned as a "dangerous good" by the FAA. This is separate from the TSA's list of items banned as a security threat.

> The Transportation Security Administration also has rules on "prohibited items" that pose a security threat. Though they sometimes overlap, the TSA security rules are separate from the FAA dangerous goods safety rules discussed here.

https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/packsafe/

Re: FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights

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Post by ypcx »

1e-9 wrote: post #8

In addition to the 432,000 Macbook Pros sold in the US from mid-2015 to 2017 being outright banned from flying, there will be all the other Mackbook Pros sold from about 2013 to mid-2015 that outwardly look just like the banned ones. I suppose all those lookalikes will be pulled out and have their serial numbers checked, which is in microscopic print on the back, which will definitely slow down Pre-check when you wou…

Does the serial number change if the battery has been serviced? Or are these devices banned from flying forever.

Re: FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights

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Post by amaterasu »

jdenning wrote: post #48

Has anyone found any information about how to prove you've had the battery replaced? My battery started swelling a couple months before the recall. I was in Brazil at the time so I had to have it replaced by a third-party repair shop.

Mine was repaired by apple prior to the recall, and is still listed as requiring replacement via the serial number search too...

Re: FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights

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mindgam3 wrote: post #35

Not quite as bad as it sounds. > Laptops that have replaced batteries won’t be impacted Edit: re how to check, in theory you could prove it was fixed by showing the service receipt from Apple. In practice, I have no idea what would happen. But I feel like you'd get through if you showed up with a printed receipt taped to your laptop.

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Re: FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights

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Post by dap »

> While there have been repeated incidents of phones, laptops and other devices overheating and catching fire in passenger compartments of planes, it hasn’t ever caused a fire to spread. The flames can be extinguished with water and flight attendants are trained how to address it.

I was under the impression that water was the wrong thing to put on a Li-Ion battery fire. Is that right?

Re: FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights

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Post by patrioticaction »

r1nkgrl wrote: post #6
jonnismash wrote: post #3

How the heck would a TSA agent know the difference

They'll just scan the serial number when it passes through the x-ray machine, then use some OCR script to process the image and upload it to https://support.apple.com/15-inch-macbook-pro-battery-recall /s

Ppl here aren’t so good with sarcasm
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