Just ban Lithium batteries in all consumer goods.
I've been expecting someones laptop battery to explode in flight for some time now. Just a matter of time, imho.
More info:
http://news.myway.com/top/article/id/425368|top|09-04-2004::13:28|reuters.html
Exerpt:
"Officials evacuated five terminals after the apparent breach on Labor Day weekend, one of the busiest travel weekends of the year, said spokesman Harold Johnson. Officials said reports of a "loud sound" could have come from an exploding flashlight.
Few details were immediately available about the incident, but Los Angeles radio station KFWB reported that a flashlight battery had exploded, injuring three people. City fire officials were treating the incident as a chemical hazard.
"No traffic is departing the airport at this time and arrivals are being held on the ground and passengers are not being deplaned," said Paul Turk, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman in Washington"
Anyone wanna venture which brand of flashlight, and what are the odds it wasn't a Lithium battery?
Additional stories:
New press release
Exerpt:
"The scare at the international terminal came when a flashlight battery in checked luggage exploded as the bag was being hand-searched by a Transportation Security Administration worker, said TSA spokeswoman Amy Von Walter. She said the blast appeared to have been caused by old batteries, not a bomb. "
Humm, we don't have a bunch of CPFers arriving for the Cambria meet yet, do we....?