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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 6:14 am
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Are lithium-ion batteries the next threat to airline safety?
http://www.usatoday.com/money/indust...ies16_CV_N.htm

Worried about a possible terrorist strike, American Airlines flight attendants confiscated 58 cellphones, lithium-ion batteries and charging devices from a passenger on a June 23 New York flight to Buenos Aires.
In April, Tokyo police and fire officials rushed to a baggage area at Narita airport after a curling iron powered by a lithium-ion battery caused a passenger's checked bag to burst into flames as it was being shuttled from an American Airlines jet to a connecting flight.
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