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Travelling tomorrow for some adventure race the other side of the world. Having do carry light, multiple speedo GPS and several battery packs. Any one had questions/issues recently on these pattery pack where you have 4 or 6 cells sitting together.
I carefully packed my lights recently in ziplock bags in a flame-retardent bag, after checking the airline website for the detailed rules on batteries. I don't think anyone was remotely interested, but it's one of those things where it seems to make sense to find the rules, print them off, highlight the bits you're relying on and carry the page.
For Cathay Pacific at least, my two headlamp batteries were [i]well[/i] within the limit.
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As above, airlines amd routes differ on this. Cathay are very interested in batteries, BA less so.
I recently flew with several lipo batteries in my hand luggage. Following the standard guidelines I put the in individual bags inside a flame retardant bag and tape over the terminals.
MY bag got inspected cause I forgot to take my camera out and nobody gave a damn about the lipo's at all.
IIRC as long as the individual batteries are under 100kwh you can take as many as you can reasonably carry.
Have a look at the carrier's website. they'll publish their rules. In general, though no problem with batteries or spares in hand luggage provided they're in original packaging or individually insulated. A power bank counts as a spare at my company.
They can go in hold baggage, but only inside the device that they're designed for (ie no spares). Power banks cannot travel in hold baggage.
You meant 100Wh, not kWh, I'm sureindividual batteries are under 100kwh
i had phone charging battery packs removed from hand luggage last time.
i had phone charging battery packs removed from hand luggage last time.
They're normally more concerned with hold luggage as they now have procedues to handle Li-ion fires in the cabin (fire proof bags issued to cabin crew).
Upon my return from NY a couple of years ago I was unsurprised to find that my hold suitcase had been searched, because - I assumed - of the large Bowie knife and Leatherman that I had purchased in the States.
Nope. All present and correct.
But when I'd unpacked my clothing and was just left with 'stuff' their concerns became apparent . . .
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fire proof bags issued to cabin crew
I wish.
I travel with a smartphone, ipod and at times a tablet. So carrying 2 powerbanks (4000mAh & 10000mAh) in hand luggage seems reasonable. never been stopped.
Having read the OP.. still, carrying 6 AAs shouldn't be an issue
Regs relate to metal lithium batteries which are banned by all airlines rather than lithium polymer. When travelling to Finland for a 5 day winter race via LHR they didn't care. However on my return flight they'd removed some Energizers and some hardwarmers from my hold luggage - I had to pay to have them shipped via courier.
There [b]are[/b] fireproof bags in the cabin, for the crew to use when dealing with fires.
And they're trained to use them, every twelve months.
There are fireproof bags in the cabin, for the crew to use when dealing with fires.And they're trained to use them, every twelve months.
*looks in cabin*
Nope.
Vague memory that EasyJet have fire-resistant bags but not sure they'd contain a lithium ion fire. Our cabin crew are trained to put it in a metal catering canister and fill with water. Nothing dedicated to lithium ion batteries though. If my iPad catches fire it'll be launched out of the flight deck rapido for someone else to deal with.