why loose lithium batteries aren’t allowed in hold luggage, but electronics containing lithium batteries are allowed
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These batteries can catastrophically fail and start a fire.
In the passenger cabin they are at least being monitored, and a fire would be identified immediately and dealt with very quickly. In the cargo hold, there would be no monitoring until an actual fire start, and if it does, that is no reliable, fast access to try and extinguish it.
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