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• Carelessness while using power bank in flight can lead to serious incidents like blast.
• A cheap or poor quality power bank increases the risk of the battery overheating and causing a fire.
• Always keep power bank in hand luggage during flight and avoid overcharging.

Power Bank: Recently, incidents of power bank explosions during air travel have increased significantly. In such a situation even a small mistake and carelessness on your part can lead to a major accident. Recently, there was an incident of power bank blast in a plane coming from Chandigarh. All the people were scared due to this incident. Now let’s know what precautions should be taken while using power bank during flight and what are the causes of power bank explosion.

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These are the reasons for power bank blast

A power bank uses a lithium-ion battery. If the battery gets overheated, overcharged, short circuited or the battery is of poor quality, this can lead to a condition called thermal runaway. Under these conditions the battery heats up very quickly and may cause smoke, fire or explosion. (Photo Courtesy – Pinterest)

Carrying a power bank on a flight? Don’t make these mistakes

Do not keep power bank in check-in baggage

Airlines usually do not allow passengers to keep power banks in their check-in luggage. So always keep a power bank in your hand luggage. So that if a problem arises, you can control the situation in time and no mishap will happen.

Do not buy cheap and low quality power banks

If you are using a power bank that is cheap and available without safety certification, be careful. This mistake of yours can cause you a huge loss. Because cheap and low quality power banks heat up quickly and the possibility of explosion is high. So always buy power banks from trusted Xiaomi, Samsung or other trusted companies only.

Avoid continuous charging

Some people use phone and power bank continuously in airplanes. This causes the battery to heat up and may cause an accident. Keep the power bank safely in the bag if not needed. Also don’t use phone and power bank constantly if not needed.

Do not use a damaged or damaged power bank

If the power bank overheats, or if the battery is fully charged, or if there is a burning smell coming from the power bank, stop using it immediately. Otherwise the power bank may cause a major accident in the aircraft.

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Power Bank Capacity (mAh)

Many airlines allow power backs with 100Wh i.e. 27,000 mAh capacity to be carried in hand luggage. Carrying a power bank of more than this capacity may be checked at the security check.