How to tell if the FAA has banned your defective MacBook from flights

Joining European countries, the FAA has banned nearly half a million 15-inch MacBook Pros that had already faced a recall due to defective, fire-prone batteries. If you have a 15-inch MacBook Pro sold between September 2015 and February 2017, it may have a defective battery that poses a fire hazard. That risk prompted the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to announce a ban today on about 460,000 models from both carry on and checked baggage. It follows a ban by its counterpart, the Euro...