Singapore Airlines Bans Hoverboards On All Flights

29 DECEMBER 2015

SINGAPORE AIRLINES BANS HOVERBOARDS ON ALL FLIGHTS

Singapore Airlines Bans Hoverboards On All Flights 

Add this to the list of holiday woes for hoverboard owners who want to travel with their ride.

Singapore Airlines posted a notice on its website on Sunday, saying it won't allow passengers to carry their hoverboards onto flights, whether hand-carried or in checked in baggage.

It pointed to all "small lithium battery-powered personal transportation devices," naming hoverboards, solowheels and airwheels in its updated travel restrictions page.

Singapore Airlines is the latest in a string of carriers that have moved to ban hoverboards, citing fire hazards following numerous reports of hoverboards catching fire or exploding.

Singapore Airlines Bans Hoverboards On All Flights 

Many of the safety concerns have been attributed to the sizeable lithium ion batteries in the scooters, which can be easily overloaded with incompatible plugs.

Over the weekend, Malaysia Airlines said it will stop passengers from carrying hoverboards on flights because their lithium ion batteries are now considered "dangerous goods." Hoverboards are already banned on British Airways, and on U.S. airlines such as Virgin America, Alaska Airlines, JetBlue, Delta, American and United.

Many airlines allow power banks onboard, but some have begun to require that passengers transport them in carry-on bags to prevent an unmonitored fire breaking out in the cargo hold.

Safety concerns have also prompted the United States Postal Service (USPS) to declare that it will only transport hoverboards via ground, not air.

(Content and photo source: Mashable.com)


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