Lithium Powerbank Ignites in Qantas Lounge

[Quickstatus]

Qf is amending its powerbank policy

Reducing 20 powerbanks to 2 per person
Over 160W banned
Cannot be charged
Etc

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Presumably the restriction on numbers and capacity will then be something enforced by security checkpoints.

 

[Quickstatus]

enforced by security checkpoints.

perhaps the power banks will have to be removed from carryons and placed in its own tray for scanning??

 

[justinbrett]

Presumably the restriction on numbers and capacity will then be something enforced by security checkpoints.

They already do that.

Qf is amending its powerbank policy

Reducing 20 powerbanks to 2 per person
Over 160W banned
Cannot be charged
Etc

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The actual policy that press release links to says use is not recommended, it doesn’t say prohibited. Not sure which one is the error.

 

[moa999]

perhaps the power banks will have to be removed from carryons and placed in its own tray for scanning??

At this point it seems to be airline voluntary policy, rather than government policy.

 

[Quickstatus]

At this point it seems to be airline voluntary policy, rather than government policy.

So I wonder then how would it be enforced?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

The actual policy that press release links to says use is not recommended, it doesn’t say prohibited. Not sure which one is the error.

Current policy is linked and ‘doesn’t recommend’.

The new policy will prohibit.

 

[RooFlyer]

Restriction by number and type of power banks at security will be problematical to enforce at those airports who don’t have separate security entrances for different airlines and if the airlines have different restrictions.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Restriction by number and type of power banks at security will be problematical to enforce at those airports who don’t have separate security entrances for different airlines and if the airlines have different restrictions.

It won’t be after ICAO gets involved and airlines worldwide move to the same restrictions.

Or airlines will have to resort to gate screening for their flights, like the requirement to screen for liquids before inbound departures to Australia.

What will be of concern is if we had to follow the Chinese model where they check serial numbers… that could potentially make security wait times unworkable. In china they just have to search a chinese data base, a worldwide data base might contain thousands of brands and serial numbers,