Footage of the incident shows smoke and flames emanating from the overhead compartment as the flight crew rushes to help NBC News An Air China flight made an emergency landing after a passenger’s ...

Almost every passenger carries lithium-ion batteries onto airplanes – in their phones, laptops, rechargeable powerpacks and even vapes. And when something goes wrong with one of them, Federal Aviation ...

The nation’s aviation regulator is urging airlines to ramp up messaging about the dangers of lithium battery fires—but did not mandate any policy changes. The average airline passenger packs four ...

Is it OK to check your phone’s power bank? Can you charge your tablet in the overhead bin? What about a cordless hair dryer? The rules have changed this year. Here’s what to know. By Claire Fahy Over ...

Airlines take lost or hard-to-access devices like laptops or phones very seriously due to the risk of overheating batteries ...