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outworlder on Aug 14, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights

> where any failure to keep it off the planes is catastrophic

In-flight fires are some of the deadliest issues one mzy encounter. They can indeed be catastrophic.

mikeash on Aug 14, 2019 [–]

Sure, but the odds of a fire actually happening are still quite low. Unlike a bomb, where it's pretty likely to explode in flight because that's the whole point.

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