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Virgin Atlantic restricts use of laptops

Virgin Atlantic became the third airline to restrict the use of certain laptops last week. Passengers are prohibited from boarding planes with Dell Inspirons and Latitudes, as well as Apple iBooks, PowerBooks, MacBooks, and MacBook Pros with the batteries still connected.

The news comes after Dell and Apple issued a recall on certain notebook computer batteries manufactured by Sony. The recall occurred after the discovery that the batteries could self-combust.

Instead, passengers who wish to take those computers on board will have to separate the battery from the computer during the flight. Furthermore, passengers are limited to taking a maximum of two batteries on board.

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