Midnight Mike
2006-09-08, 07:49 AM
Korean Air bans Apple and Dell laptop computers over fears of fire risk batteries
By Justin Wastnage
South Korean flag carrier Korean Air has banned Dell and Apple laptops fitted with potentially imflammable batteries and other airlines are believed to be planning similar moves.
Flightglobal.com stablemate ComputerWeekly.com reports that Dell recalled 4.1 million laptop batteries that were made on its behalf by Sony last month. After a similar fire hazard problem, Apple recalled 1.8 million batteries that were also made by Sony. Now airlines are banning the use of Dell and Apple laptops on their flights because of the fire risk their batteries could pose.
Recently, Panasonic recalled 6,000 batteries that were sold with its laptops in Japan, but those batteries were not manufactured by Sony.
The heightened terrorist threat in the UK recently led to laptop use being briefly banned on flights, before being allowed again.
But faulty batteries, rather than terrorists, may now prevent executives from opening a spreadsheet on a flight
By Justin Wastnage
South Korean flag carrier Korean Air has banned Dell and Apple laptops fitted with potentially imflammable batteries and other airlines are believed to be planning similar moves.
Flightglobal.com stablemate ComputerWeekly.com reports that Dell recalled 4.1 million laptop batteries that were made on its behalf by Sony last month. After a similar fire hazard problem, Apple recalled 1.8 million batteries that were also made by Sony. Now airlines are banning the use of Dell and Apple laptops on their flights because of the fire risk their batteries could pose.
Recently, Panasonic recalled 6,000 batteries that were sold with its laptops in Japan, but those batteries were not manufactured by Sony.
The heightened terrorist threat in the UK recently led to laptop use being briefly banned on flights, before being allowed again.
But faulty batteries, rather than terrorists, may now prevent executives from opening a spreadsheet on a flight