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AUTHOR: John Walton @thatjohn on twitter
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Reducing battery danger and offering in-seat power go hand in hand
After the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 debacle, where overpowered and undertested phones nearly burned through the cabin floor of a Southwest Boeing 737 (among other locations), airline industry minds have been concentrated on the hazard that batteries are posing – and will continue to pose – to commercial aviation.
Checked baggage bans for anything with a lithium battery are widespread, but passengers are still carrying an increasing number of batteries on board. Part of that is the eternal quest for device slimness by manufacturers: despite advances in battery storage technology this year’s phones get similar use time to last year’s phones.
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