[ICOM] HT on airline question

[Sheldon Daitch]

Jerry,

Interesting thought that a battery on one's person would shorted the response time if there is a cell pack fire.

I just looked at Delta's policy regarding spare lithium batteries:

Pack spare batteries in carry-on baggage.


http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_US/traveling-with-us/baggage/before-your-trip/restricted-items.html

73
Sheldon
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From: Icom <icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Jerry Flanders <jeflanders at comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 6:02:51 PM
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: Re: [ICOM] HT on airline question

And if it is on your person, you know it much sooner than if it is in
a carry-on. I wonder if perhaps that is the reason for the
prohibition against checked and carry-on that John mentioned.

Jerry W4UK

At 10:30 AM 5/25/2016, you wrote:
>John,
>
>this reply may be a bit late for your travels, but I flew Delta JAX
>to OKC and return about 3 weeks ago, and had the laptop with spare
>battery and the HT.  TSA didn't give it a second glance.  The
>scanner uses ni-cads, difference chemistry.
>
>The issue with lithium batteries in checked luggage is that if there
>is a fire with the battery, nothing can be done with it in the cargo
>hold area.  At least if it is in carry-on, a battery fire can either
>be extinguished or contained.
>
>73
>Sheldon
>
>________________________________________
>From: Icom <icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of John Geiger
><af5cc2 at gmail.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 4:16 AM
>To: ICOM Reflector; Oklahoma - DX news and information
>Subject: [ICOM] HT on airline question
>
>I am getting ready to fly tomorrow, and the on-line check in for the
>airline says you cannot transport lithium batteries in your checked or
>carry on luggage. If that is so, can I still take my HT with me, since it
>uses lithium ion batteries?  And doesn't everyone's laptop and cell phones
>use lithium batteries?  How do they get around this?
>
>73 John AF5CC
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