Portable chargers and power banks might be useful additions to your carry-on luggage, but they’re also a potential fire risk.

Southwest Airlines will introduce a new policy requiring portable chargers to be visible when they're in use onboard.

Southwest Airlines mandates visible portable chargers during flights to enhance safety, addressing risks of thermal runaway ...

The TSA already bans rechargeable and non-rechargeable lithium batteries for phones and laptops from checked baggage.

Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights will soon be required to keep their portable chargers in plain sight while using ...

The carrier will require passengers to keep lithium batteries visible while in use in order to allow flight crews to respond ...

Southwest Airlines will require portable battery chargers to be visible when in use, not stored in bags or bins.This new ...

If you're planning a summer vacation and intend on booking a flight with Southwest Airlines, take heed of a new rule ...

Southwest Airlines is implementing a surprising new restriction on portable chargers to keep these notoriously incendiary devices from bursting into flame mid-flight. Starting May 28, passengers will ...

Under a new policy taking effect Wednesday, May 28, Southwest Airlines will be the first domestic carrier requiring ...

Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights will soon be required to keep their portable chargers in plain sight while using ...

In what it called a “first-in-industry” policy ... The new Southwest rules are also online on the airline’s website: “When a portable charger/power bank is used during a flight, it ...