All aircraft passengers departing from Taiwan airports would be limited to two power banks per person from Wednesday next week, the Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) said yesterday.
Passengers are also prohibited from placing power banks in checked baggage or using them to charge devices while in flight, the CAA said in a statement.
If people are found to have more than two portable chargers, they would be verbally warned to discard one of the chargers, CAA section chief Yeh Chia-kui (葉佳魁) said.
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Amendments to regulations are expected to be passed in the first half of the year, after which, people who refuse to comply could face a fine of NT$20,000 to NT$100,000 under Article 43 of the Civil Aviation Act (民用航空法), Yeh said.
The change was announced after the International Civil Aviation Organization on Friday last week said that each passenger should be allowed to carry a maximum of two lithium battery power banks.
China Airlines, EVA Airways, Uni Air and Mandarin Airlines implemented the new guidelines on Tuesday, while Starlux Airlines and Tiger Air followed suit on Wednesday.
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