New Delhi: Due to battery fire fears, keeping personal electronic devices (PEDs) like laptops in check-in bags is increasingly not going to be an option. Indian carriers, like many of their international counterparts, have begun 'recommending' that PEDs like phones and laptops be carried in hand bags. The recommendation could mean flyers being asked if there are laptops in check-in bags and then being told to transfer them to hand bags.
The reason-with rising incidence of batteries in PEDs catching fire, it is easier to control that situation when the bag is in the cabin instead of letting the fire go undetected in the cargo.
A Vistara spokesperson said, "Power banks are not permitted in checked-in baggage, and it is recommended that laptops and mobile phones also always be carried in hand baggage." A senior official of a leading airline, which did not want to be identified, said PEDs like laptops can be carried in only hand bags and not checked-in. "Their quantity should be for personal use and CISF decides about the quantity. Like if a flyer is taking a bag full of batteries then that will definitely raise doubt," this official said.
18/01/18 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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The reason-with rising incidence of batteries in PEDs catching fire, it is easier to control that situation when the bag is in the cabin instead of letting the fire go undetected in the cargo.
A Vistara spokesperson said, "Power banks are not permitted in checked-in baggage, and it is recommended that laptops and mobile phones also always be carried in hand baggage." A senior official of a leading airline, which did not want to be identified, said PEDs like laptops can be carried in only hand bags and not checked-in. "Their quantity should be for personal use and CISF decides about the quantity. Like if a flyer is taking a bag full of batteries then that will definitely raise doubt," this official said.
18/01/18 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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