Several airlines in Asia are tightening rules on carrying lithium batteries on planes following a series of overheating and ...

An Air France flight was forced to make a U-turn back to the airport where it originally took off two hours into its journey ...

Singapore Airlines is the latest airline to put a ban on passengers using portable power banks on board the carrier’s aircraft.

Singapore Airlines is the latest to enforce stricter rules banning passengers from using power banks to charge personal ...

A growing number of Asian airlines are banning power banks due to increasing incidents of overheating and fires caused by ...

A Batik Air flight began to be filled with smoke from a burning power bank minutes before it landed in Bangkok, with videos posted to social media showing panic among passengers. At such a critical ...

Taiwan’s EVA Airways similarly bans the use and charging of power banks and spare lithium batteries on flights. Passengers, ...

Charging a power bank on the plane by plugging it into the seat’s USB outlet is also prohibited, according to the new regulations. “Sockets of a power bank should be covered with friction tape ...

Powerful multi-port power banks are becoming increasingly popular to keep our ever-growing array of gadgets charged up, and ...

While carrying power banks inside planes has been convenient for people ... with newer aircraft increasingly equipped with built-in charging outlets, the reliance on power banks during flights ...