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Rules for Portable Batteries on Planes Are Changing. Here’s What to Know. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 147 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Tldr:

  • some airlines say power banks must be within arm's reach
  • some airlines say power banks must be stowed away

Check with your airline before traveling.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

And the article only refers to airlines in east and southeast Asia.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

and check if your airline allow you to use power bank during the flight and this is quite problematic for someone who want to work or play games during long flight. For now, only Cathay allows you to use it.

[–] [email protected] 111 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It seems like the most practical way to approach this as an airline passenger is to place your battery into superposition where the battery can be both within arm's reach, but also stowed away. Warning, do not observer or interact with the battery while the flight is in the air lest you collapse the waveform and lose superposition.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Just an arm and leave it with the battery, problem solved.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

lest you collapse the waveform and lose superposition.

But then I could reach my destination instantly!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

All of them at once!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That seems overly complicated. How about just bringing an extra arm in the carry-on?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

If you just bring s whole other person in your checked bags, you save on ticket costs, too.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Easy. You put it in your backpack under the seat in front of you with a long cable. Now no one knows it exists, but your bag is within arms reach so the battery is too