Do airlines really check whether battery packs for laptop/phone/tablets are less than 100 or 160 Wh?
From my understanding, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has some regulation regarding lithium-ion batteries that exceed 100 Wh. In theory.
Do airlines really check whether battery packs for laptop/phone/tablets are less than 100 or 160 Wh?
I'm mostly interested in flights within the US as well as flights between US, France, and South Korea.
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In China, they are super strict about batteries and yes they read. I haven't seen that much in the US, they seem to not be as strict.
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Since you mention specifically South Korea, I just (2018/6/16) went through security at ICN, terminal 1. Here's what happened:
- Check-in staff asked me whether I had batteries in my check-in luggage. Nope.
- Trust but verify: I had to wait 5 minutes after check-in near the counters while my luggage was x-rayed.
- I went through security. Staff opened my bag and visually inspected, among other things, my 16,000-mAh power bank. Which ain't that big.
So the answer is your power bank will be inspected in Korea, but by airport security rather than the airline.
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