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

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

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

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

Citing safety concerns, Southwest Airlines will no longer allow passengers to charge devices with a power bank stowed inside ...

Southwest says it will limit battery charging to devices that are easily visible, in case chargers catch fire.

One new rule, however, isn’t likely to draw much anger and, in fact, is almost certainly going to be adopted by other ...

Southwest Airlines passengers must soon keep portable chargers visible during flights due to rising lithium battery fire ...

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

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

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 ...

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