A Southwest passenger's "battery charger apparently overheated and began to smoke," the airline said. Quick-thinking flight ...

The Best Way to Pack Your Carry-On Bag to Breeze Through TSA Lines. While the FAA and the Transportation Security ...

Airlines in the US, China, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea and Singapore have introduced new power bank regulations following ...

Portable chargers and power banks might be useful additions to your carry-on luggage, but they’re also a potential fire risk.

Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights will soon be required to keep their portable chargers in plain sight while using ...

In the United States, Southwest Airlines is the first of the four biggest American carriers to introduce new restrictions.

The new Southwest rules are also online on the airline’s website: “When a portable charger/power bank is used during a flight, it must be out of any baggage and remain in plain sight.

Southwest announced the changes in a statement ... This might seem like an overreaction on the part of the airline, but there is a good reason for this policy change. The flammability of lithium ...

Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights will soon ... they put vaping cigarettes and portable chargers in checked bags. That is against federal rules, but Wroth said it might be as much an ...