Why do batteries 101 to 160 watt hours need special approval to take on airplanes?

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My friend did this and got a slip of paper saying that if there’s any issue then they’ll be responsible for it.

Isn’t that true for any battery or anything a passenger brings on the plane? So why specifically 101 to 160?

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It has to do with how much energy is stored. If something goes wrong with these larger batteries, they have the potential to burn through the nearly anything on board and potentially the skin of the plane itself.

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