DGCA may impose restrictions on power banks onboard flights: Report

Days after a passenger's power bank caught fire onboard an IndiGo flight, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) may put in place certain restrictions on the use of power banks onboard flights after studying global practices, sources reported.

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Although the regulator has no plans to ban the use of power banks on flights, some restrictions might be brought to avoid such accidents, PTI quoted an official as saying.

The developmed comes days after a passenger's power bank caught fire onboard an IndiGo flight while taxiing at the Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on October 19.

The global practices are being looked and after that, a decision will be taken, the official said.

IndiGo allows power banks in cabin luggage only if power is visible on the battery and those with more than 160 Wh are not allowed on the aircraft.

In checked in luggage, each passenger is limited to a maximum of 15 portable electronic devices (PED). For lithium metal batteries, the lithium metal content must not exceed 2 g and for lithium ion batteries, the watt-hour must not exceed 100 Wh, according to sources.