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Originally Posted by Louis Cyphre
Maybe there are additional security measures in place for checked bags? better screenings, bomb sniffing dogs?
Possibly.
On the other hand, the fire danger from lithium batteries is much less in the cabin than in the cargo hold. The fires are noticed right away and can be extinguished. Putting all these lithium batteries in the cargo hold where a fire can go undetected for a while, and can be harder to extinguish, is certainly an extra risk.