筆記本電腦可能會被禁止託運

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has filed a suggestion with the United Nations to stop allowing airline passengers to stow laptops in their checked baggage, saying it could cause a fire hazard.

The suggestion is to be considered by the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations group, at a meeting later this month.

The FAA said laptops with lithium batteries, stored too close to aerosol cans, could ignite a fire in the cargo hold, where flames could reach unmanageable levels before being detected.

U.S. authorities earlier this year banned passengers from foreign airports from stowing their laptops in carry-on baggage, for fear that they might be used by terrorists. That requirement was later discontinued.

Experts say laptops are best kept in passenger cabins where any fire would be quickly detected.

At the Civil Aviation Organization's meeting, the group can endorse the FAA proposal, but it would still be up to regulators in individual nations to enforce the rule.美國聯邦航空管理局(FAA)向聯合國建議，停止允許民航乘客把筆記本電腦放在託運行李中。聯邦航空管理局說，這樣做有着火的危險。

聯合國屬下的國際民航組織將在10月底之前的一次會議上考慮這項建議。

美國聯邦航空管理局說，帶鋰電池的筆記本電腦如果離氣霧噴罐過近，會引起貨艙內起火，等到發現火情時可能已經難以控制。

美國今年早些時候曾禁止外國航班的乘客把筆記本電腦放在隨身攜帶的行李中，擔心會被恐怖分子利用。這項要求後來取消。

專家說，筆記本電腦最好在客艙由乘客隨身攜帶，這樣可以很快發現火情。

國際民航組織開會時可以同意美國聯邦航空管理局的建議，但是在具體實施上，各國的監管機構擁有最後決定權。