For many passengers it is already common to know what kind of Personal objects cannot be carried in hand luggage to address a flightsuch as liquids and with some type of edge such as scissors or rakes. Now, transportation administration (TSAfor its acronym in English) added a Personal hygiene article To this list.
Recently, the TSA has marked devices such as loaders of portable batteries, laptops and cell phones so that passengers take them in their hand luggage instead of registering them in their luggage that are in the aircraft winery, because most contain lithium batteries that can cause a fire.
Now, the administration reported that this same measure Applies to electronic toothbrushes that can be carried both in hand luggage, as in documented suitcases, but have special instructions for this personal hygiene object.
“Devices with lithium metal batteries or lithium ions must be transported in hand luggage. The final decision on whether or not the passage of this type of articles is allowed For the control point in an airport, it falls to the TSA officer, ”said the administration.
In general, the standards of the TSA establish that all devices with this type of batteries must also be taken in the cabin of the plane, so that, In case of a firethe crew can recognize the type of device and act to turn off the incident.
The unit adds that all lithium metal batteries or lithium ions, no matter whether or not they are on a devicethey must be stored in hand luggage.
In case users decide And they are allowed to save their electronic toothbrush and other objects with this type of batteries, they must be completely turned off and protected to avoid their activation or involuntary damage that could cause an incident.
In August of this year, the TSA updated its regulation of prohibited objects on some HAIR OBJECTSas in the case of wireless curizers, who must go in hand luggage, especially if they have gas or butane cartridges, according to USA Today.
After almost 20 years, the TSA removed the security measure that forced all users of the United States airports to Remove your shoes in controls Security, prior to boarding their flights.
