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Virgin Atlantic eases laptop battery restrictions Print E-mail
Written by Laptop News   
Monday, 25 September 2006
I could never live without my laptop on a long flight.  Looks like the industry maverick, Virgin Atlantic, is easing off on laptop restrictions.  That's a relief!  Read on for more info.

"The airline recently began preventing passengers from bringing onto planes any Apple and Dell laptops with their batteries still inside. That ban followed last month's recall of more than 5 million batteries from the companies' laptops. Virgin Atlantic's initial decision reflected similar restrictions by Qantas and Korean Air.

In a new update on its site, however, Virgin Atlantic has said that passengers "wishing to use an Apple or Dell laptop onboard can only do so once the laptop serial number has been checked by a member of the cabin crew."

Only a small portion of the computer makers' laptops are affected by the faulty Sony batteries, which both Dell and Apple claim can overheat and catch fire"

Read on at ZD Net
 

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