韩航禁止飞行中使用电池本本
作者： DJW
责任编辑： 阚智
来源： 《电脑商情报》
时间： 2006-09-06 12:15
Korean Air, South Korea's largest airline, has banned the in-flight use of all of Dell and some Apple laptop computer models while operating on battery power after the U.S. firms announced massive recalls over a battery problem, a company official said Wednesday.
The ban has been in place since Aug. 30, but passengers can still operate the laptops if using electricity from the in-seat power supply system after separating the batteries from the computers, a Korean Air Co. spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity, citing policy.
The official said it was unclear when the ban would be lifted.
Dell Inc. (DELL) announced a recall in mid-August of 4.1 million potentially flammable batteries supplied by Sony Corp. (SNE) for laptop computers. Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) also recalled 1.8 million Sony-built notebook batteries later that month for the same reason.
The Korean Air ban covers all Dell laptops, and Apple's iBook and PowerBook computers.
The ban has been in place since Aug. 30, but passengers can still operate the laptops if using electricity from the in-seat power supply system after separating the batteries from the computers, a Korean Air Co. spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity, citing policy.
The official said it was unclear when the ban would be lifted.
Dell Inc. (DELL) announced a recall in mid-August of 4.1 million potentially flammable batteries supplied by Sony Corp. (SNE) for laptop computers. Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) also recalled 1.8 million Sony-built notebook batteries later that month for the same reason.
The Korean Air ban covers all Dell laptops, and Apple's iBook and PowerBook computers.
