E-cigarette warning for airlines

AIR passengers are being urged not to pack e-cigarettes in their checked baggage. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a directive to airlines advising them to ensure passengers do not pack e-cigarettes in the hold baggage, due to a potential fire risk.

Legal status of e-cigarettes in Europe and surrounding areas - August 2014:

Green – Legal (including those countries where e-cigarettes are subject to age and/or advertising restrictions), 

Yellow – E-cigarettes that contain nicotine are illegal. Only nicotine-free e-cigarette are legal.

Orange – De-facto illegal

Red – Illegal

Grey – Unknown

The FAA said the notice followed information from the International Civil Aviation Organization about “several incidents” involving e-cigarettes in aircraft baggage holds, including at least one that resulted in a fire.

‘In several incidents both inside and outside the transportation industry, e-cigarettes have overheated or caught fire when the heating element was accidentally activated,’

Airlines are being advised to tell passengers that e-cigarettes and related devices can be transported only in aircraft cabins, ‘where overheating or fire can be observed and handled more quickly’.

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