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As Delta Airlines' online check-in helpfully informs me
Examples of Forbidden Dangerous items include paints, lighter fluid, fireworks, tear gases, oxygen bottles, radiopharmaceuticals, and hoverboards.
Well that's a pity as I mostly booked the trip to hover around all the time.
...not. Who would even think of bringing a hoverboard?
Is this a standard text? Does it have some actual precedent, is it a deliberate allusion to the don't stuff beans up your nose trope, or just a flat-out joke? Why don't they give something actually realistic as example for the hazards a hoverboard would bring?
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As Delta Airlines' online check-in helpfully informs me
Examples of Forbidden Dangerous items include paints, lighter fluid, fireworks, tear gases, oxygen bottles, radiopharmaceuticals, and hoverboards.
Well that's a pity as I mostly booked the trip to hover around all the time.
...not. Who would even think of bringing a hoverboard?
Is this a standard text? Does it have some actual precedent, is it a deliberate allusion to the don't stuff beans up your nose trope, or just a flat-out joke? Why don't they give something actually realistic as example for the hazards a hoverboard would bring?
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google 'lithium battery fire'. it's not a joke, and all airlines have that rule now.
– Aganju
1 hour ago
They have a tendency to spontaneously combust, a bad thing on an aircraft.
– TonyK
1 hour ago
@Aganju well there are plenty of appliances with lithium batteries. Something as outlandish as a hoverboard seems an odd representative for them...
– leftaroundabout
1 hour ago
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Hoverboards tend to need especially high-capacity batteries, and they have to be designed to allow high current to flow, since the motor needs a lot of power. So they're more susceptible to catch fire than something like a laptop or phone, and there's a lot more lithium battery to burn if they do.
– Nate Eldredge
1 hour ago
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Also, there was a particularly notorious epidemic of early-model hoverboards catching fire, which led to knee-jerk regulations targeting hoverboards specifically.
– Nate Eldredge
1 hour ago
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As Delta Airlines' online check-in helpfully informs me
Examples of Forbidden Dangerous items include paints, lighter fluid, fireworks, tear gases, oxygen bottles, radiopharmaceuticals, and hoverboards.
Well that's a pity as I mostly booked the trip to hover around all the time.
...not. Who would even think of bringing a hoverboard?
Is this a standard text? Does it have some actual precedent, is it a deliberate allusion to the don't stuff beans up your nose trope, or just a flat-out joke? Why don't they give something actually realistic as example for the hazards a hoverboard would bring?
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As Delta Airlines' online check-in helpfully informs me
Examples of Forbidden Dangerous items include paints, lighter fluid, fireworks, tear gases, oxygen bottles, radiopharmaceuticals, and hoverboards.
Well that's a pity as I mostly booked the trip to hover around all the time.
...not. Who would even think of bringing a hoverboard?
Is this a standard text? Does it have some actual precedent, is it a deliberate allusion to the don't stuff beans up your nose trope, or just a flat-out joke? Why don't they give something actually realistic as example for the hazards a hoverboard would bring?
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google 'lithium battery fire'. it's not a joke, and all airlines have that rule now.
– Aganju
1 hour ago
They have a tendency to spontaneously combust, a bad thing on an aircraft.
– TonyK
1 hour ago
@Aganju well there are plenty of appliances with lithium batteries. Something as outlandish as a hoverboard seems an odd representative for them...
– leftaroundabout
1 hour ago
1
Hoverboards tend to need especially high-capacity batteries, and they have to be designed to allow high current to flow, since the motor needs a lot of power. So they're more susceptible to catch fire than something like a laptop or phone, and there's a lot more lithium battery to burn if they do.
– Nate Eldredge
1 hour ago
1
Also, there was a particularly notorious epidemic of early-model hoverboards catching fire, which led to knee-jerk regulations targeting hoverboards specifically.
– Nate Eldredge
1 hour ago
 |Â
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google 'lithium battery fire'. it's not a joke, and all airlines have that rule now.
– Aganju
1 hour ago
They have a tendency to spontaneously combust, a bad thing on an aircraft.
– TonyK
1 hour ago
@Aganju well there are plenty of appliances with lithium batteries. Something as outlandish as a hoverboard seems an odd representative for them...
– leftaroundabout
1 hour ago
1
Hoverboards tend to need especially high-capacity batteries, and they have to be designed to allow high current to flow, since the motor needs a lot of power. So they're more susceptible to catch fire than something like a laptop or phone, and there's a lot more lithium battery to burn if they do.
– Nate Eldredge
1 hour ago
1
Also, there was a particularly notorious epidemic of early-model hoverboards catching fire, which led to knee-jerk regulations targeting hoverboards specifically.
– Nate Eldredge
1 hour ago
2
2
google 'lithium battery fire'. it's not a joke, and all airlines have that rule now.
– Aganju
1 hour ago
google 'lithium battery fire'. it's not a joke, and all airlines have that rule now.
– Aganju
1 hour ago
They have a tendency to spontaneously combust, a bad thing on an aircraft.
– TonyK
1 hour ago
They have a tendency to spontaneously combust, a bad thing on an aircraft.
– TonyK
1 hour ago
@Aganju well there are plenty of appliances with lithium batteries. Something as outlandish as a hoverboard seems an odd representative for them...
– leftaroundabout
1 hour ago
@Aganju well there are plenty of appliances with lithium batteries. Something as outlandish as a hoverboard seems an odd representative for them...
– leftaroundabout
1 hour ago
1
1
Hoverboards tend to need especially high-capacity batteries, and they have to be designed to allow high current to flow, since the motor needs a lot of power. So they're more susceptible to catch fire than something like a laptop or phone, and there's a lot more lithium battery to burn if they do.
– Nate Eldredge
1 hour ago
Hoverboards tend to need especially high-capacity batteries, and they have to be designed to allow high current to flow, since the motor needs a lot of power. So they're more susceptible to catch fire than something like a laptop or phone, and there's a lot more lithium battery to burn if they do.
– Nate Eldredge
1 hour ago
1
1
Also, there was a particularly notorious epidemic of early-model hoverboards catching fire, which led to knee-jerk regulations targeting hoverboards specifically.
– Nate Eldredge
1 hour ago
Also, there was a particularly notorious epidemic of early-model hoverboards catching fire, which led to knee-jerk regulations targeting hoverboards specifically.
– Nate Eldredge
1 hour ago
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No joke. A hoverboard these days isn't referring to flying skateboards a la Marty McFly in Back to the Future, but what Wikipedia calls self-balancing scooters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-balancing_scooter
And the equally serious reason airlines don't want these on board is that they're crammed full of lithium batteries, which have a disturbing tendency to combust violently. Bad enough when you're out on the street, but much worse if they're in the hold of a passenger aircraft.
By comparison, the lithium batteries in laptops, cellphones and power packs are smaller and usually brought into the cabin, making dealing with any potential fires somewhat easier.
answered 1 hour ago
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That's called a hoverboard these days? How boring.
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Is this a standard text?
Absolutely. Every airline I looked at had such a restriction and I think it's more or less mandated by IATA's restrictions on lithium batteries.
Air Canada: "Small lithium battery-powered vehicles are not accepted in either checked baggage or carry-on baggage due to safety concerns associated to the lithium batteries that power them. Prohibited vehicles include: hoverboards, AirBoards, electric skateboards, airwheels, mini-Segways, balance wheels, battery-assisted bikes and electric scooters. Motorized luggage (e.g. Modobag) is also prohibited."
Air France: "Lithium battery-operated segways, hoverboards, self-balancing hoverboards, Oxboards, electric skateboards, waveboards, motorized baggage (no matter the battery power in Wh and even if the battery has been disconnected or removed)" are not allowed in either checked or carry-on baggage.
British Airways: "Due to the potential fire risk associated with lithium batteries, hoverboards and other self-propelled electrically-powered vehicles such as Air Wheels, Solo Wheels, skateboards, scooters and Hover Karts are completely forbidden."
Japan Airlines:
"Personal Movement Devices with Built-in Lithium or Lithium Ion Batteries (Except for battery-powered wheelchairs and mobility aids)" are "prohibited in both carry-on and checked baggage even if the batteries are removed, or those devices sold at the airport duty free shops."
United: "In the interest of safety for our customers and employees, we do not accept hoverboards as checked or carry-on baggage."
Does it have some actual precedent, is it a deliberate allusion to the don't stuff beans up your nose trope, or just a flat-out joke?
It has actual precedent. Hoverboards use high-capacity lithium batteries and such batteries are strictly restricted on flights because they can cause very intense fires if they're damaged, overcharged, undercharged or have manufacturing defects.
At least two cargo flights have crashed because of lithium battery fires: UPS flight 6 and Asiana 991.
Why don't they give something actually realistic as example for the hazards a hoverboard would bring?
Delta don't give examples of why anything else would be dangerous, so why single out hoverboards? It's tough enough getting people to read these things anyway but adding a little essay about each individual item will make the text even longer and guarantee that people won't read it.
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No joke. A hoverboard these days isn't referring to flying skateboards a la Marty McFly in Back to the Future, but what Wikipedia calls self-balancing scooters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-balancing_scooter
And the equally serious reason airlines don't want these on board is that they're crammed full of lithium batteries, which have a disturbing tendency to combust violently. Bad enough when you're out on the street, but much worse if they're in the hold of a passenger aircraft.
By comparison, the lithium batteries in laptops, cellphones and power packs are smaller and usually brought into the cabin, making dealing with any potential fires somewhat easier.
answered 1 hour ago
jpatokal
109k17327485
That's called a hoverboard these days? How boring.
– leftaroundabout
47 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
No joke. A hoverboard these days isn't referring to flying skateboards a la Marty McFly in Back to the Future, but what Wikipedia calls self-balancing scooters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-balancing_scooter
And the equally serious reason airlines don't want these on board is that they're crammed full of lithium batteries, which have a disturbing tendency to combust violently. Bad enough when you're out on the street, but much worse if they're in the hold of a passenger aircraft.
By comparison, the lithium batteries in laptops, cellphones and power packs are smaller and usually brought into the cabin, making dealing with any potential fires somewhat easier.
answered 1 hour ago
jpatokal
109k17327485
That's called a hoverboard these days? How boring.
– leftaroundabout
47 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
No joke. A hoverboard these days isn't referring to flying skateboards a la Marty McFly in Back to the Future, but what Wikipedia calls self-balancing scooters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-balancing_scooter
And the equally serious reason airlines don't want these on board is that they're crammed full of lithium batteries, which have a disturbing tendency to combust violently. Bad enough when you're out on the street, but much worse if they're in the hold of a passenger aircraft.
By comparison, the lithium batteries in laptops, cellphones and power packs are smaller and usually brought into the cabin, making dealing with any potential fires somewhat easier.
answered 1 hour ago
jpatokal
109k17327485
No joke. A hoverboard these days isn't referring to flying skateboards a la Marty McFly in Back to the Future, but what Wikipedia calls self-balancing scooters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-balancing_scooter
And the equally serious reason airlines don't want these on board is that they're crammed full of lithium batteries, which have a disturbing tendency to combust violently. Bad enough when you're out on the street, but much worse if they're in the hold of a passenger aircraft.
By comparison, the lithium batteries in laptops, cellphones and power packs are smaller and usually brought into the cabin, making dealing with any potential fires somewhat easier.
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That's called a hoverboard these days? How boring.
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47 mins ago
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That's called a hoverboard these days? How boring.
– leftaroundabout
47 mins ago
That's called a hoverboard these days? How boring.
– leftaroundabout
47 mins ago
That's called a hoverboard these days? How boring.
– leftaroundabout
47 mins ago
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Is this a standard text?
Absolutely. Every airline I looked at had such a restriction and I think it's more or less mandated by IATA's restrictions on lithium batteries.
Air Canada: "Small lithium battery-powered vehicles are not accepted in either checked baggage or carry-on baggage due to safety concerns associated to the lithium batteries that power them. Prohibited vehicles include: hoverboards, AirBoards, electric skateboards, airwheels, mini-Segways, balance wheels, battery-assisted bikes and electric scooters. Motorized luggage (e.g. Modobag) is also prohibited."
Air France: "Lithium battery-operated segways, hoverboards, self-balancing hoverboards, Oxboards, electric skateboards, waveboards, motorized baggage (no matter the battery power in Wh and even if the battery has been disconnected or removed)" are not allowed in either checked or carry-on baggage.
British Airways: "Due to the potential fire risk associated with lithium batteries, hoverboards and other self-propelled electrically-powered vehicles such as Air Wheels, Solo Wheels, skateboards, scooters and Hover Karts are completely forbidden."
Japan Airlines:
"Personal Movement Devices with Built-in Lithium or Lithium Ion Batteries (Except for battery-powered wheelchairs and mobility aids)" are "prohibited in both carry-on and checked baggage even if the batteries are removed, or those devices sold at the airport duty free shops."
United: "In the interest of safety for our customers and employees, we do not accept hoverboards as checked or carry-on baggage."
Does it have some actual precedent, is it a deliberate allusion to the don't stuff beans up your nose trope, or just a flat-out joke?
It has actual precedent. Hoverboards use high-capacity lithium batteries and such batteries are strictly restricted on flights because they can cause very intense fires if they're damaged, overcharged, undercharged or have manufacturing defects.
At least two cargo flights have crashed because of lithium battery fires: UPS flight 6 and Asiana 991.
Why don't they give something actually realistic as example for the hazards a hoverboard would bring?
Delta don't give examples of why anything else would be dangerous, so why single out hoverboards? It's tough enough getting people to read these things anyway but adding a little essay about each individual item will make the text even longer and guarantee that people won't read it.
answered 39 mins ago
David Richerby
9,31173768
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up vote
2
down vote
Is this a standard text?
Absolutely. Every airline I looked at had such a restriction and I think it's more or less mandated by IATA's restrictions on lithium batteries.
Air Canada: "Small lithium battery-powered vehicles are not accepted in either checked baggage or carry-on baggage due to safety concerns associated to the lithium batteries that power them. Prohibited vehicles include: hoverboards, AirBoards, electric skateboards, airwheels, mini-Segways, balance wheels, battery-assisted bikes and electric scooters. Motorized luggage (e.g. Modobag) is also prohibited."
Air France: "Lithium battery-operated segways, hoverboards, self-balancing hoverboards, Oxboards, electric skateboards, waveboards, motorized baggage (no matter the battery power in Wh and even if the battery has been disconnected or removed)" are not allowed in either checked or carry-on baggage.
British Airways: "Due to the potential fire risk associated with lithium batteries, hoverboards and other self-propelled electrically-powered vehicles such as Air Wheels, Solo Wheels, skateboards, scooters and Hover Karts are completely forbidden."
Japan Airlines:
"Personal Movement Devices with Built-in Lithium or Lithium Ion Batteries (Except for battery-powered wheelchairs and mobility aids)" are "prohibited in both carry-on and checked baggage even if the batteries are removed, or those devices sold at the airport duty free shops."
United: "In the interest of safety for our customers and employees, we do not accept hoverboards as checked or carry-on baggage."
Does it have some actual precedent, is it a deliberate allusion to the don't stuff beans up your nose trope, or just a flat-out joke?
It has actual precedent. Hoverboards use high-capacity lithium batteries and such batteries are strictly restricted on flights because they can cause very intense fires if they're damaged, overcharged, undercharged or have manufacturing defects.
At least two cargo flights have crashed because of lithium battery fires: UPS flight 6 and Asiana 991.
Why don't they give something actually realistic as example for the hazards a hoverboard would bring?
Delta don't give examples of why anything else would be dangerous, so why single out hoverboards? It's tough enough getting people to read these things anyway but adding a little essay about each individual item will make the text even longer and guarantee that people won't read it.
answered 39 mins ago
David Richerby
9,31173768
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
Is this a standard text?
Absolutely. Every airline I looked at had such a restriction and I think it's more or less mandated by IATA's restrictions on lithium batteries.
Air Canada: "Small lithium battery-powered vehicles are not accepted in either checked baggage or carry-on baggage due to safety concerns associated to the lithium batteries that power them. Prohibited vehicles include: hoverboards, AirBoards, electric skateboards, airwheels, mini-Segways, balance wheels, battery-assisted bikes and electric scooters. Motorized luggage (e.g. Modobag) is also prohibited."
Air France: "Lithium battery-operated segways, hoverboards, self-balancing hoverboards, Oxboards, electric skateboards, waveboards, motorized baggage (no matter the battery power in Wh and even if the battery has been disconnected or removed)" are not allowed in either checked or carry-on baggage.
British Airways: "Due to the potential fire risk associated with lithium batteries, hoverboards and other self-propelled electrically-powered vehicles such as Air Wheels, Solo Wheels, skateboards, scooters and Hover Karts are completely forbidden."
Japan Airlines:
"Personal Movement Devices with Built-in Lithium or Lithium Ion Batteries (Except for battery-powered wheelchairs and mobility aids)" are "prohibited in both carry-on and checked baggage even if the batteries are removed, or those devices sold at the airport duty free shops."
United: "In the interest of safety for our customers and employees, we do not accept hoverboards as checked or carry-on baggage."
Does it have some actual precedent, is it a deliberate allusion to the don't stuff beans up your nose trope, or just a flat-out joke?
It has actual precedent. Hoverboards use high-capacity lithium batteries and such batteries are strictly restricted on flights because they can cause very intense fires if they're damaged, overcharged, undercharged or have manufacturing defects.
At least two cargo flights have crashed because of lithium battery fires: UPS flight 6 and Asiana 991.
Why don't they give something actually realistic as example for the hazards a hoverboard would bring?
Delta don't give examples of why anything else would be dangerous, so why single out hoverboards? It's tough enough getting people to read these things anyway but adding a little essay about each individual item will make the text even longer and guarantee that people won't read it.
answered 39 mins ago
David Richerby
9,31173768
Is this a standard text?
Absolutely. Every airline I looked at had such a restriction and I think it's more or less mandated by IATA's restrictions on lithium batteries.
Air Canada: "Small lithium battery-powered vehicles are not accepted in either checked baggage or carry-on baggage due to safety concerns associated to the lithium batteries that power them. Prohibited vehicles include: hoverboards, AirBoards, electric skateboards, airwheels, mini-Segways, balance wheels, battery-assisted bikes and electric scooters. Motorized luggage (e.g. Modobag) is also prohibited."
Air France: "Lithium battery-operated segways, hoverboards, self-balancing hoverboards, Oxboards, electric skateboards, waveboards, motorized baggage (no matter the battery power in Wh and even if the battery has been disconnected or removed)" are not allowed in either checked or carry-on baggage.
British Airways: "Due to the potential fire risk associated with lithium batteries, hoverboards and other self-propelled electrically-powered vehicles such as Air Wheels, Solo Wheels, skateboards, scooters and Hover Karts are completely forbidden."
Japan Airlines:
"Personal Movement Devices with Built-in Lithium or Lithium Ion Batteries (Except for battery-powered wheelchairs and mobility aids)" are "prohibited in both carry-on and checked baggage even if the batteries are removed, or those devices sold at the airport duty free shops."
United: "In the interest of safety for our customers and employees, we do not accept hoverboards as checked or carry-on baggage."
Does it have some actual precedent, is it a deliberate allusion to the don't stuff beans up your nose trope, or just a flat-out joke?
It has actual precedent. Hoverboards use high-capacity lithium batteries and such batteries are strictly restricted on flights because they can cause very intense fires if they're damaged, overcharged, undercharged or have manufacturing defects.
At least two cargo flights have crashed because of lithium battery fires: UPS flight 6 and Asiana 991.
Why don't they give something actually realistic as example for the hazards a hoverboard would bring?
Delta don't give examples of why anything else would be dangerous, so why single out hoverboards? It's tough enough getting people to read these things anyway but adding a little essay about each individual item will make the text even longer and guarantee that people won't read it.
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google 'lithium battery fire'. it's not a joke, and all airlines have that rule now.
– Aganju
1 hour ago
They have a tendency to spontaneously combust, a bad thing on an aircraft.
– TonyK
1 hour ago
@Aganju well there are plenty of appliances with lithium batteries. Something as outlandish as a hoverboard seems an odd representative for them...
– leftaroundabout
1 hour ago
1
Hoverboards tend to need especially high-capacity batteries, and they have to be designed to allow high current to flow, since the motor needs a lot of power. So they're more susceptible to catch fire than something like a laptop or phone, and there's a lot more lithium battery to burn if they do.
– Nate Eldredge
1 hour ago
1
Also, there was a particularly notorious epidemic of early-model hoverboards catching fire, which led to knee-jerk regulations targeting hoverboards specifically.
– Nate Eldredge
1 hour ago