Portable chargers and power banks might be useful additions to your carry-on luggage, but they’re also a potential fire risk.

Beware, Southwest Airlines travelers: You’re going to have to keep your portable charging devices visible during flights.

Southwest Airlines is banning portable chargers and battery banks from being stored in carry-on luggage while active.

Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights will soon be required to keep their portable chargers in plain sight while using ...

"When a portable charger/power bank is used during a flight, it must be out of any baggage and remain in plain sight. Do not ...

Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights will soon be required to keep their portable chargers in plain sight while using ...

Southwest Airlines is implementing a new safety policy requiring passengers to keep portable chargers visible during use.

Southwest Airlines’ decision to restrict the use of portable chargers inside carry ... and ultimately, to the safety of everyone onboard. FAA and TSA rules vs. Southwest’s new policy Current ...

The new Southwest rules are also online on the airline’s website: “When a portable charger/power bank is ... more important to Southwest than the safety of its customers and employees ...

Passengers on Southwest Airlines ... Wroth said.What do the existing rules say?The Transportation Security Administration has long prohibited e-cigarettes and chargers and power banks with lithium ...

Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights will ... said they put vaping cigarettes and portable chargers in checked bags. That is against federal rules, but Wroth said it might be as much an ...