The decision comes after dozens of recalls and safety incidents. Southwest Airlines has enacted a new rule around using ...

A Southwest passenger's "battery charger apparently overheated and began to smoke," the airline said. Quick-thinking flight ...

Southwest Airlines is implementing a new safety policy, effective May 28, requiring passengers to keep portable phone chargers and power banks visible during flights when you're charging a device. The ...

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 ...

Southwest is the first airline to formally require passengers to keep portable chargers in plain sight while in use during flights.  The move comes ...

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“Nothing is more important to Southwest than the safety ... the policy yet, passengers have been receiving notifications via the airline’s app warning them to keep the chargers out of their ...

Travelers use Southwest ... keep their portable chargers in plain sight while using them because of concerns about the growing number of lithium battery fires in a new policy that other airlines ...

After dozens of recalls and safety incidents involving ... one airline is making a major change. Southwest Airlines now require passengers to keep portable battery chargers in their sight and ...