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FAA Data Shows Exploding Batteries Are Rare, Small Risk
ericatcw writes "While the US government is intent on adding new rules around the shipment and carrying of Lithium-Ion batteries on passenger and cargo planes, data from its own Federal Aviation Agency show that the risk of being on an airplane where someone — not necessarily you — suffers a minor injury due to a battery is only one in 28 million, reports Computerworld, which analyzed the data (skip to the chart here) using the free Tableau Public data visualization service. Getting killed in a car accident, by contrast, is 4,300 times more likely. Opponents say the rules could raise the cost of shopping online and add hassles for fliers and consumers."
How many unruly passengers would be pacified by the plane's WiFi?
Gas masks for the cabin crew, and a cylinder of knockout gas for the passengers would be just as effective, and would avoid the monthly service charges.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
At least I could sleep on the plane for once. Sign me up!
Science advances one funeral at a time- Max Planck
I was going to mod you down, but then I saw you used the correct homonym "you're" so I couldn't bring myself to do it.
Insanity: voting in the same two parties over and over again and expecting different results
Getting killed in a car accident, by contrast, is 4,300 times more likely.
That is probably very close to the same odds as being on a plane targeted by terrorists; look how calmly we are responding to that threat.
Furthermore, we've banned terrorists from getting onto planes, but have we banned people from driving cars on the plane???
Of course, do your research first.
I did my research; I read the summary on slashdot!
Fat has an energy density of at least 38 MJ / kg (I'm not sure if that's how much energy your body can extract from it, or if that's the actual energy content).
The battery in my Macbook Pro is 60 Wh, which is 216 KJ. So if the person sitting in the seat next to you has even 1 kg of fat on him (not even considering the rest of what he's made of), and the person sitting next to me on the plane always has WAY more than 1 kg of fat, that's 176 times as much energy.
Your seat mate has about as much chance of exploding and bringing down the plane too.
There have been no fatal accidents ever recorded involving someone driving a car on a plane.
Therefore statistics prove it is actually safer to drive a car on a plane than on a public road.
I love statistics.
OMG he said the B word in the same sentence as mentioning an aircraft. He must be planning to bow something up. Quick - arrest him & throw him in Gotmo!
Is it just me or has our society reached an unprecedented level of paranoia? with a 1 in 28 million chance of being on a flight with an exploding battery, does that mean there are more than 28 million flights since we started flying with these batteries, and in all that time there has been only one incident? Seems like a hell of a lot of flights - there's probably a better chance of someone tripping over carrying a cup of water and causing a short in some wiring or something.
My life is immensely valuable. It's the value of everyone else's life that's in question.
Where is Gotmo?
Is that the new notInTheUSSoWeDontHaveToAccountForOurActionsThere replacement for Gitmo from the Obamma administration?
(FWIW, not nazi-ing, just too easy to poke at both administrations at the same time. Ying-Yang and all that jaz)
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This will help the FBI fight child pornography. Won't you think of the children?
Down with the career politician! SUPPORT TERM LIMITS
When you put off your 200$ car tune up you are probably valuing your life at under 7million. Value proven.