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Message: <blockquote data-quote="imhotep" data-source="post: 31246986" data-attributes="member: 562115">Even though you could carry them you are not allowed to charge them using the onboard USB ports and also you can't use them in flight. It's time to ban these altogether.The Chinese first started limitations on powerbanks because they suspected that these were the cause for the MH370 disaster.PS: Posted on 12 November 2021....I was in China few years back when this battery issue first came up. I had to take about six or seven internal flights in China. These airports were in complete pandemonium. This was the first time they did not allow powerbanks and batteries on checked luggage. They were scanning every bag and if a battery is detected they had to find the owner to take it out. They had extra staff but everyone was taken unawares. Luckily we had all our power banks in hand carried luggage. But people unpacking taking their batteries out held up the check-in and resulting in delays.This was long before other airlines brought in this battery issue and brought forward rules for batteries in checked baggage.Can you guess the reason? The Chinese suspected the batteries as the cause of the MH370 disappearance. Well.. they manufacture batteries and know very well they can explode and cause fireworks too....<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/oo.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":oo:" title="Oo    :oo:" data-shortname=":oo:" /></blockquote>

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