What you need to know when taking a power bank with you on a plane!
Nowadays, smartphones have been fully integrated into daily life. "Never leaving the phone" has become the norm for many people, and power banks have become a must-have "life-extending tool" when traveling. Allowing power banks to be brought on board a plane is a reflection of China Civil Aviation's humane management that is pragmatic and based on the needs of passengers. However, due to the potential risks of power banks, passengers also need to understand and comply with relevant regulations.
Regulations on traveling with power bank
The "Announcement on Regulations for Civil Aviation Passengers to Carry "Power Banks" on Boarding" issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China has clear requirements for the specifications, transportation methods and use of power banks.
#About capacity
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There are strict limits on the capacity of power banks on airplanes. If the rated energy does not exceed 100Wh, airline approval is not required; if the rated energy exceeds 100Wh but does not exceed 160Wh, it can only be carried with airline approval. However, power banks larger than 160Wh cannot be brought on board the plane.
#aboutcarrying
Power banks must be carried by passengers for their own personal use; power banks can only be carried in hand luggage or on carry-on, and are strictly prohibited from being carried in checked luggage.
At the same time, it should be noted that each passenger is not allowed to carry more than two power banks.
#About use
Power banks are not allowed to be used to charge electronic devices during flight. For power banks with a start-up switch, the power bank should always be turned off during flight.
Why can't it be checked in?
The vast majority of power banks are actually lithium batteries. Lithium is a very unstable metal and can easily generate high temperatures or even spontaneous combustion after being impacted and squeezed. If lithium batteries are put into checked luggage, the luggage will be squeezed and collided in the small cargo space, which can easily cause the lithium batteries to spontaneously ignite, posing a serious safety threat to the aircraft.
If the portable power bank spontaneously ignites in the cabin, the crew can quickly discover and deal with it in time.
Why can't I use a power bank during a flight?
The aircraft cabin is a pressurized environment. During the takeoff and landing of the aircraft, the cabin pressure changes. It will drop from 1 atmosphere before takeoff to about 0.6 atmospheres during cruise, and then slowly increase to 1 atmosphere during landing. As mentioned above, lithium is a very unstable metal. In this environment, the lithium battery in the power bank will change. If the power bank is used at this time, it will easily generate heat and increase the probability of spontaneous combustion. If there are flammable items nearby, the consequences will be disastrous, so the use of power banks on airplanes is strictly prohibited.
How dangerous are power banks?
How dangerous are power banks? In recent years, aviation safety incidents caused by smoke and spontaneous combustion from power banks have occurred frequently.
In January this year, when a Singapore Scoot passenger plane was preparing to take off from Taoyuan Airport, a power bank carried by a passenger spontaneously ignited and smoke filled the cabin. The crew quickly put out the fire. The flight was later cancelled.
In February, during a United Airlines flight, a power bank in the luggage of a first-class passenger smoked and exploded. The crew threw the burning power bank into a special firefighting bag, preventing the fire from spreading. The flight subsequently returned and four people were sent to hospital for treatment due to smoke inhalation.
On August 13, some netizens broke the news that on a China Eastern Airlines flight from Lhasa to Shanghai, a passenger's power bank fell into a gap in the seat. When the passenger adjusted his seat, the power bank was squeezed and smoked, causing the plane to make emergency preparations. Arrive at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport.
Industry experts point out that the dangers of power banks come from the internal lithium battery cells, which may cause accidents due to improper use, falling, or being squeezed/pierced by external forces. When the power bank falls into the gap in the seat, passengers should seek help from the crew and remove it while ensuring safety. Passengers adjusted their seats by themselves, causing the power bank to be squeezed, causing an accident.
In 2015, tests by the Fifth Institute of Electronics of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed that power banks can easily cause safety problems, such as fires and explosions, during impact and extrusion. The impact and squeeze experiment basically simulates the situation that the power bank may encounter during the turbulent push of the aircraft during takeoff. Although the power bank will not be squeezed as strongly on the aircraft luggage rack as in the experiment, we should not be careless. . In particular, some unqualified power banks and unqualified power banks produced through informal channels are more likely to have hidden quality problems, and safety accidents are more likely to occur, especially during flights.
Kind tips
In order to ensure a safe and comfortable flight itinerary, passengers need to pay attention to the following when carrying power banks on board:
1. Do not carry power banks that exceed the rated capacity or have no logo, description, or production information to avoid unnecessary trouble;
2. Do not put power banks in checked luggage. When carrying it with you, be careful not to put it with bracelets, keys and other metal objects and sharp objects to avoid accidental short circuits;
3. During the flight, if an unexpected situation occurs, you must seek help from the crew as soon as possible and do not handle it without authorization. For example, when adjusting a power bank or mobile phone into a gap in the seat, you must not do it yourself to avoid squeezing the power bank and causing a fire when adjusting the seat. You should ask the crew to remove it while ensuring safety. If the power bank spontaneously ignites, report it immediately and have the crew handle it professionally to avoid harming yourself and other passengers, or even endangering flight safety.
4. Finally, I would like to emphasize that do not use power banks during flights.
write at the end
A good boarding environment requires both passengers and crew to work together to maintain a good boarding environment. As passengers, you must abide by relevant regulations when traveling by plane and properly keep personal equipment such as power banks. Judging from the many videos of accidents involving power banks circulated on the Internet, when the crew went all out to deal with the smoking or burning power banks, there were often many passengers watching and filming with their mobile phones. In fact, this behavior is undesirable. On the one hand, it may cause injuries to the passengers themselves. On the other hand, it will interfere with the crew's handling and affect flight safety. The correct thing to do is to follow the crew's instructions, sit in your seat and fasten your seat belt.