Oz airline tells Dell owners to whip 'em out and tape 'em up

[Bob Crabtree]

The batteries in their laptop PCs, that is!

Fire-risk worries about the batteries in certain Dell laptops resulted in the Australian airline Qantas instructing all passengers who own Dell PCs to remove their batteries and tape up the contacts.

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[Jonny M]

I've had a look at your other posts perlmode and they seem to be in order, but that above post sounds very close to adverting. Can I advise you that if you want to advertise on HEXUS you can find the contact details on the front page. On the otherhand, if you happen to write like a commercial, please try and keep a check so we don't mistake you for a spammer.

[FatalSaviour]

The boss recently flew to Las Vegas, and had to have his battery put in the hold...despite the fact I'd checked that it wasn't one of the ones affected...oh well