Battery-powered devices are overheating more often on planes and raising alarm

Cigarettes are nasty and e-cigarettes are just as. Do people still smoke? Get those things off the planes.

Interesting they chose Delta Airlines to put on the HEADLINE story of this topic….why them?

Why ANY airline?…or Southwest for that matter.

This is a worldwide problem, not just a particular airline company

the amount of rechargeable battery devices these days makes it hard to pin down the subpar ones. It’s a problem that will only persist sadly

Just ban them all.

Water is banned so why aren't these banned? Doesn't make sense. Many at time I have had unopened bottles of water and being told to chuck them before boarding. I even remember drinking an entire six pack right in front of the customs before entering Australia. Told not allowed, since over 100ml. What a joke these rules are.

Chinese domestic airports have been really strict on this point for at least the past five years. They triple-checked my stuff to make sure I wasn't carrying a large-capacity recharger. (All I had was a small one for my digital camera, and kept telling them that was all I had, but they carefully combed through my check-in and carry-on baggage until they were satisfied.) They also confiscated my disposable pocket warmers, which I had no trouble bringing in from Japan. I doubt if I was singled out as a suspicious person, they were just being extremely cautious.

What has that to do with air traffic? If the battery devices don't anymore burn there above in the air then the more burn on the ground, with maybe even more affected people nearby. As long as they are produced, stored and used, a certain percentage of them develops problems and fires. It's a useless discussion finally. If confiscated on check-in the planes get a bit safer and the risk in the airport building significantly rises. And if even banned to bring them into airport buildings, they burn down the more several private homes in that same time span.