BelgianAviationNews: Press Release: EASA informs airlines and passengers about how to fly safely with Portable Electronic Devices containing Lithium Batteries

Forwarded message - From: EASA Press Release

Cologne, December 19, 2017

Press Release: EASA informs airlines and passengers about how to fly safely with Portable Electronic Devices containing Lithium Batteries

As some of us prepare to travel for the end of year holidays, the European Aviation Safety Agency publishes a Safety Information Bulletin (SIB) to inform airlines and passengers on how to fly safely carrying Portable Electronic Devices (PED). PED containing lithium batteries such as laptops, mobile phones, tablets, electronic cigarettes should be carried in the passenger cabin, to enable the crew to react rapidly in case an incident involving such a PED occurs.

It is important that Airlines inform their passengers that large PED should be carried in the passenger cabin whenever possible. In case large PED cannot be carried in the passenger cabin due to their size, and therefore have to be carried in checked baggage, they must be :

Completely switched off and effectively protected from accidental activation. To ensure the device is never powered on during its transport, any application, alarm or pre-set configuration that may activate it shall be deactivated;
Protected from the risk of accidental damage by applying suitable packaging or casing or by being placed in a rigid bag protected by adequate cushioning (e.g. clothing);
Not carried in the same baggage together with flammable material (e.g. perfumes, aerosols, etc.);

Watch this video for more information and travel safe.

The Safety Information Bulletin can be found here.

More information on lithium batteries.

Note to editors:

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is the centerpiece of the European Union's strategy for aviation safety. Our mission is to promote and achieve the highest common standards of safety and environmental protection in civil aviation. Based in Cologne, the Agency currently employs more than 800 experts and administrators from all over Europe.