The NEW AIRPORT RULE You Have To Follow Bans an ESSENTIAL Travel Item

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Whether you’re flying to Disney World or anywhere else in the world, it’s important to be familiar with Transportation Security Administration (TSA) rules well before even going to the airport. You need to know what you can and cannot pack so that you can avoid any trouble when checking a bag and going through security. With that in mind, we’re keeping you up-to-date with a recent change to the TSA checked bag policy.

 

Per reports, the TSA recently issued a ban on packing portable chargers with lithium-ion batteries in checked luggage.

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You can still pack lithium-ion battery-based products in your carry-on, so they aren’t totally banned. In fact, some popular airlines have already practiced this policy for some time, so it’s definitely not unprecedented.

Orlando Airport

The reasoning behind this ban is that lithium-ion batteries can overheat easily, short-circuit, spark, and cause fires.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the rule applies to “Power Banks, cell phone battery charging cases, rechargeable and non-rechargeable lithium batteries, cell phone batteries, laptop batteries, power banks, external batteries, [and] portable rechargers.”

As far as potential cabin fires, “Flight crews are trained to recognize and respond to lithium battery fires in the cabin. Passengers should notify flight crew immediately if their lithium battery or device is overheating, expanding, smoking or burning.”

©Southwest Airlines

The FAA explained that, “Spare (uninstalled) lithium ion and lithium metal batteries, including power banks and cell phone battery charging cases, must be carried in carry-on baggage only. When a carry-on bag is checked at the gate or at planeside, all spare lithium batteries and power banks must be removed from the bag and kept with the passenger in the aircraft cabin. The battery terminals must be protected from short circuit.”

Size restrictions are as follows:

• Lithium metal (non-rechargeable) batteries are limited to 2 grams of lithium per battery.
• Lithium-ion (rechargeable) batteries are limited to a rating of 100 watt hours (Wh) per battery.

Per the FAA, “With airline approval, passengers may also carry up to two spare larger lithium ion batteries (101–160 Wh) or Lithium metal batteries (2-8 grams). This size covers the larger after-market extended-life laptop computer batteries and some larger batteries used in professional audio/visual equipment.”

Portable battery

For more information on what you can and cannot pack in a checked bag, please visit the TSA and FAA official websites.

Portable Charger

We’ll continue to keep you posted on all kinds of travel news, so stay tuned right here at DFB for all the latest updates!

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