Southwest Airlines has implemented new rules requiring passengers to keep portable chargers visible while in use, following ...

Southwest announced the new policy that will go into effect May 28 and said passengers may have already seen notifications about the rule when using the airline's app.

Starting May 28, Southwest Airlines mandates visible portable chargers during flights to enhance safety, addressing risks of thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries.

Southwest Airlines will require passengers to keep portable chargers visible during use. The new policy, effective May 28, addresses growing lithium battery fire incidents. Other airlines could ...

The Brief. Southwest Airlines will require passengers to keep portable chargers visible during use. The new policy, effective May 28, addresses growing lithium battery fire incidents.

Passengers flying on Southwest Airlines will soon have to take their portable chargers out of their bags if they want to use them in the air. Southwest will begin a new policy requiring portable ...

The reason for Southwest’s new charger rule. This might seem like an overreaction on the part of the airline, but there is a good reason for this policy change.

Southwest Airlines enforces a new policy requiring portable chargers to be kept in plain sight during flights to address growing concerns over lithium-ion battery fires.

Southwest Airlines enforces a new policy requiring portable chargers to be kept in plain sight during flights to address growing concerns over lithium-ion battery fires.

Southwest said that requiring these chargers to be kept out in the open when they are being used will help because “in the rare event a lithium battery overheats or catches fire, quick access is ...

Southwest Airlines passengers must soon keep portable chargers visible during flights due to rising lithium battery fire incidents. The policy begins May 28.

Southwest said that requiring these chargers to be kept out in the open when they are being used will help because “in the rare event a lithium battery overheats or catches fire, quick access is ...