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Air carrier gate agent reported concern about the safety of gate-checking luggage that has internal lithium ion batteries.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1496952 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201711 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Gate Agent / CSR |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
This is a safety concern regarding the awareness of a type of carry-on bag 'away'. These bags have a built in lithium ion 37 watt hour battery supporting usb functions. These batteries can only be removed from the inside of the luggage with a screw driver. This brings my safety concern in the instances where we run out of overhead bin space; can checking these types of bags potentially be a safety risk? Should we bring an awareness to [the appropriate personnel] to look for these types of bags and allow only inside the cabin and not cargo hold?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Gate Agent reported concern about the safety of gate-checking luggage that has internal lithium ion batteries.
Narrative: This is a safety concern regarding the awareness of a type of carry-on bag 'AWAY'. These bags have a built in lithium ion 37 watt hour battery supporting USB functions. These batteries can only be removed from the inside of the luggage with a screw driver. This brings my safety concern in the instances where we run out of overhead bin space; can checking these types of bags potentially be a safety risk? Should we bring an awareness to [the appropriate personnel] to look for these types of bags and allow only inside the cabin and not cargo hold?
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.