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Originally Posted by shalym
This whole thing is pretty ridiculous, on the face of it. Seriously...if a bomb can be hidden in a laptop or tablet, what is the difference between having it in the cabin or the hold? Either way, the plane will go down when the bomb goes off.
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The difference, apparently, is that a bomb does hugely more damage if it's against the skin of the aircraft than if it's in a cargo container. Particularly given the fact that a bomb hidden in a laptop battery must, by its very nature, be rather small.