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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

Southwest Airlines is banning portable chargers and battery banks from being stored in carry-on luggage while active.