TSA Announces Checked-In Luggage Change

[jgmiller]

13. This should have been done a long time ago

The problem is not that lithium-ion batteries are inherently dangerous if properly made and maintained. A lof of the stuff people buy have poorly made ones to keep the product as cheap as possible. These batteries when they fail can catch fire and don't go out when deprived of oxygen. The chemical process that occurs when they catch fire produces it's own oxygen, so fire suppresion systems in the cargo holds of planes can't put them out.