The US DOT has approve transferral of wood alcohol fuel cellular phone cartridges in your baggage and carry - on luggage , consort to one fuel - cell maker . If you ’re lucky enough to own a fuel - cell scheme , you ’ll definitely be able to vaporize with it hail October , when the opinion goes into effect . But this opinion only allows you to carry the cells , not use them on the plane . I looked into it , and the FAA , a division of the DOT , is still apparently pass judgment the fire hazards consort with in - flight operation .
Looking at the gamut of fuel cells ( and not just the methyl alcohol ones traverse in the ruling ) , the FAA appear to be afraid that the little chemical substance powerplants might burst . According to an FAA report from April 2 : “ Fuel sources [ in fuel prison cell ] range from highly flammable to relatively inert . ”
In addition to received valuation , the FAA says it will carry on “ flammability tests … on subsist fuel cartridge . ” And not just on individual units . From what I can narrate of this account , somewhere the FAA will soon , or already has , set flame to bulk containers of fuel mobile phone , and tried to ignite fuel cells that are in operation , connected to laptops or other electronics :
And I thought my job was fun . [ Press Release on DOT Ruling;FAA PDF on Flammability Testing ]
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