Overview
- A senior DGCA official told PTI the regulator is examining global practices on carrying and using portable chargers onboard.
- The review follows an October 19 IndiGo taxiing incident in Delhi where a passenger’s power bank ignited and was extinguished by crew with no injuries.
- Officials said potential changes would tailor restrictions on use or carriage rather than prohibit power banks entirely.
- Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu confirmed the regulator would study the incident, and airlines continue to apply existing lithium‑battery rules.
- An earlier Air China case involving a lithium battery fire in an overhead bin is cited by reports as further context for the safety assessment.