Is it a bomb? No, it’s a power bank. The Power Bank is the new 101 ml liquid: from April 1st many Asian airlines lo
They have banned, or in any case introduced restrictions, due to the growing risk caused by lithium -ion batteries. In fact the power
defective banks can go in short circuit causing “thermal leaks”, that is, overheating, fires and even
Explosions, all things that when you are in flight it is better to avoid.
Not all Power Bank, let’s be understood, but going to distinguish them and approach them for the flight is not that simple. The new Asian rules require them to bring them to the hand luggage and not to use them to load even for the phone, a maximum limit of 100 WH without authorization (160wh with authorization, I did not understand who is authorized, perhaps if you are Jason Bourne), and slipped into sealed bags with the isolated poles with ribbon.
However, there is a recent case: a Power Bank exploded in the hat on a Hong Kong Airlines flight, forcing an emergency landing, and Faa reports over five hundred accidents in 20 years caused by Power Bank (not a few). How do I have
Having said, however, these new rules concern only Asian companies, in Europe they still have to decide, they are evaluating, and
In the meantime, Power Bank will arrive in the meantime “Flight Approve” certified by aeronautical bodies. Maybe, waiting for the
Safe models, it could be made sure that the charging sockets are always available for passengers, not guaranteed only in business and first class.
I don’t know if it is a rational concern or a cabin hysteria, however I have an irrational fear of flying, and I am aware that the plane is the safest vehicle etc. etc., much more than the car, etc. etc., but they have to narcotize me as a coach T of the e-tem to make me fly, so I think: if there is a risk, even minimal, better to eliminate it. Nobody wants to die for a power bank.