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It still seems to be OK to bring Note 7s on airplanes. Not bottles of water, though, that's too dangerous.
by liw 10y ago
It still seems to be OK to bring Note 7s on airplanes. Not bottles of water, though, that's too dangerous.
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- JauntyHatAngle 10y agoYou can bring bottles of water onto airplanes...
- hueving 10y agoNot sure if you've been in an airport, but you can buy a bottle of water and bring it on an airplane.
- mschuster91 10y agoYeah, and it costs 10x as much as in a regular super market, despite being the same water. I really, really dislike flying. Not because of the flying itself, but because of being treated like a potential terrorist all the time.
- Steko 10y agoSo carry an empty bottle/tumbler/thermos and fill it up at the water fountain?
- gmac 10y agoCommonly there is no water fountain.
- JimmyAustin 10y agoThere is always a bathroom.
- gmac 10y agoYes ... but sometimes only hot water is available, and at all times the quality of water not marked 'drinking water' could in principle be suspect (it might come via a tank somewhere — this is certainly common in old UK domestic plumbing — and the tank might have dead rat in it, etc.).
- ZanyProgrammer 10y agoI've seen a lot of airports (recently PDX and O'Hare) that have water bottle filler up dispensers past security.
- mschuster91 10y agoYou're not allowed to do so, at least when I tried taking an empty bottle it was confiscated (Munich Airport, EDDM).
- gurkendoktor 10y agoStrange, I've been traveling with a 500cc refillable water bottle forever, never had any trouble (Germany, Netherlands, East Asia). Maybe it helps that my bottle is designed to be refilled, and not just an empty bottle from the supermarket.
- hueving 10y agoThat's definitely not true for any airports in the US. Finally a category where US airport security is more sane.
- yladiz 10y agoThe problem is that with a water bottle, you can immediately see it's some kind of liquid on the x-ray and disallow it during inspection, whereas the Note 7 isn't immediately apparent when inspected from afar. While I don't agree with the liquid ban, it's much easier to ban a liquid than it is to ban a specific model of a phone.
- dingaling 10y agoI see the point you're trying to make; the authorities apparently accept a risk in terms of expensive equipment produced by corporations with strong lobbying funds, but decline that risk in terms of bottled liquids. One fact that is overlooked is that there is actually a limit on the lithium-equivalent permitted per passenger just like there is a liquid-volume limit. Last time I checked, the total maximum carry-on lithium-equivalent was 25 grammes which was about four smartphone batteries or two-dozen AA cells. Now as to whether that's an acceptable risk is for someone else more knowlegeable to evaluate.
- leni536 10y agoLast time I was on an airplane the crew disallowed all Note 7s being turned on or being charged. I'm not sure if it was seriously enforced, but it was announced.