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easyJet Flight Diverts After Passenger’s Power Bank Is Found Charging in Hold

The diversion highlights stricter airline rules on lithium‑ion power banks, showing that a single device can prompt an operational safety response.

U.S. Airlines Tighten Power Bank Rules as American’s New Limits Take Effect

American Airlines Sets Two-Power-Bank Limit With In-Flight Visibility Rule

Japan Tightens Power Bank Rules on Flights as Southwest Sets One-Device Limit

Southwest Limits Passengers to One Portable Charger and Bans Overhead Storage

Singapore Sets Two-Power-Bank Limit for Flights From April 15

Japan Plans April In-Flight Power Bank Ban as South Korean Airlines Complete Their Own

IndiGo Moves to Full FDTL Compliance as DGCA Exemption Lapses

Hanjin Group's Five Airlines to Ban In-Flight Power Bank Use Starting Monday

Qantas and Virgin Australia Ban In-Flight Use and Charging of Power Banks From December

Norway Issues Preliminary Report on SAS Carry-On Battery Fire, Classifies Case as Serious

Avion Express Probes Report Ex-Pilot Flew as Captain Without Required Qualifications

Emirates Bans In-Flight Use of Power Banks Effective October 1

Southwest Sets New Wheelchair Battery Rule Requiring Carry-On Removal on Sept. 25

Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Ban In-Flight Use of Power Banks as Battery Rules Tighten

Emirates Bars In-Flight Power Bank Use and Charging From October

Air India Begins Dreamliner Retrofit Phase in $400M Fleet Revamp

Emirates Prohibits Inflight Power Bank Use Starting October 1

Flight Attendant Files $75 Million Suit Accusing Delta of Safety Failings in Toronto Crash

Southwest Airlines Introduces Portable Charger Visibility Rule for In-Flight Safety