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 ...

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

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.

Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights will soon be required to keep their portable chargers in plain sight while using them because of concerns about the growing number of lithium battery fires.

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 ...

There is growing concern about lithium-ion battery fires on planes because the number of incidents continues to grow yearly.

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 ...

Southwest Airlines’ decision to restrict the use of portable chargers inside carry-on bags ... to the safety of everyone onboard. FAA and TSA rules vs. Southwest’s new policy Current FAA ...

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 ...