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Pressurized cans in checked baggage
I know that baggage compartments are pressurized but I'm wondering
if it is safe to put things like a soda can in checked baggage because I assume the baggage compartment is not heated, so that any bottle in it could expand and blow up. Is that true or is the baggage compartment heated as well? Thanks. |
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Pressurized cans in checked baggage
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:50:57 -0800 (PST) OccasionalFlyer
wrote: : I know that baggage compartments are pressurized but I'm wondering :if it is safe to put things like a soda can in checked baggage because :I assume the baggage compartment is not heated, so that any bottle in :it could expand and blow up. Is that true or is the baggage :compartment heated as well? Thanks. Why would you chance it? What is so special about the can? -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. |
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Pressurized cans in checked baggage
:I assume the baggage compartment is not heated, so that any bottle in
:it could expand and blow up. Is that true or is the baggage :compartment heated as well? Thanks. Why would you chance it? What is so special about the can? Uh, because the can is more than 100ml and the TSA would confiscate it from a carry-on? Or is this a trick question? Airplane baggage compartments are heated and pressurized the same as the cabin. If they weren't the baggage claim would be full of exploded cans of shaving cream and bottles of perfume and the like. R's, John |
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Well before the liquids/carry-on ban I asked someone if they could
bring me some Lowenbrau directly from Europe to compare to the US "watered down" stuff. He didn't do it, but told a friend over there to bring some over and she put it (bottles) in her checked baggage. Let's just say her clothes had the nice refreshing scent of beer after the journey over. To top things off he decided to but me some U.S. stuff as a replacement. Well duh, I could get that in any store around here. |
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Pressurized cans in checked baggage
On Nov 16, 5:47*pm, John Levine wrote:
:I assume the baggage compartment is not heated, so that any bottle in :it could expand and blow up. *Is that true or is the baggage :compartment heated as well? *Thanks. Why would you chance it? What is so special about the can? Uh, because the can is more than 100ml and the TSA would confiscate it from a carry-on? *Or is this a trick question? Airplane baggage compartments are heated and pressurized the same as the cabin. *If they weren't the baggage claim would be full of exploded cans of shaving cream and bottles of perfume and the like. R's, John Thanks for the information. It's not a trick question. It's an item that I find hard to locate while traveling (a low-carb energy drink made with Splenda, not Aspartame). So I just want to bring a couple of cans from home as I will need to be energetic for a Noon-time meeting on eastern time after catching a Midnight flight beginning on Pacific time. |
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Pressurized cans in checked baggage
No need to explain you do just what you like and no prob to put cans in
checked luggage. "OccasionalFlyer" a écrit dans le message de ... On Nov 16, 5:47 pm, John Levine wrote: :I assume the baggage compartment is not heated, so that any bottle in :it could expand and blow up. Is that true or is the baggage :compartment heated as well? Thanks. Why would you chance it? What is so special about the can? Uh, because the can is more than 100ml and the TSA would confiscate it from a carry-on? Or is this a trick question? Airplane baggage compartments are heated and pressurized the same as the cabin. If they weren't the baggage claim would be full of exploded cans of shaving cream and bottles of perfume and the like. R's, John Thanks for the information. It's not a trick question. It's an item that I find hard to locate while traveling (a low-carb energy drink made with Splenda, not Aspartame). So I just want to bring a couple of cans from home as I will need to be energetic for a Noon-time meeting on eastern time after catching a Midnight flight beginning on Pacific time. |
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Pressurized cans in checked baggage
Luggage compartments are normally pressurized (although not to sea-
level pressure) and heated. Don't forget that dogs & other pets are sometimes shipped that way. But rough handling by a baggage handler might cause a soda can to burst. I've had soda cans burst after falling just a foot or two, and a friend once had an expensive bottle of wine break in the luggage compartment. If you do take them, be sure the put them in a water-tight bag. James |
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On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:56:55 -0800 (PST), JamesStep
wrote: Luggage compartments are normally pressurized (although not to sea- level pressure) and heated. Don't forget that dogs & other pets are sometimes shipped that way. But rough handling by a baggage handler might cause a soda can to burst. I've had soda cans burst after falling just a foot or two, and a friend once had an expensive bottle of wine break in the luggage compartment. If you do take them, be sure the put them in a water-tight bag. James One time I brought back a dozen bottles of wine in checked luggage from the Napa Valley and they all made it fine. They were packed in cardboard containers. Another time I thought I had packed one bottle of champagne well but apparently hadn't. It didn't work out well. |
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Pressurized cans in checked baggage
having worked on the ramp and been one to load and unload aircraft, I
can say that the bin 1 and bin2 (forward and aft) are indeed heated and pressurized JOHN Binyamin Dissen wrote: On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:50:57 -0800 (PST) OccasionalFlyer wrote: : I know that baggage compartments are pressurized but I'm wondering :if it is safe to put things like a soda can in checked baggage because :I assume the baggage compartment is not heated, so that any bottle in :it could expand and blow up. Is that true or is the baggage :compartment heated as well? Thanks. Why would you chance it? What is so special about the can? -- JOHN 888-5-analon (888-526-2566) computers (unix admin), chemistry, and Freggs too I make it work. X-windows, not MSW ! |
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