AirTag is recognized as dangerous goods by airlines and restricted to baggage check-in with the power ON



Recently, an increasing number of travelers are using Apple's lost item tracker '

AirTag ', which is about the size of a 500-yen coin and can track accurate location information, in their suitcases to track their luggage, which they tend to lose. Under such circumstances, Germany's Lufthansa Airlines claimed that ``AirTag is an electronic device and is subject to dangerous goods,'' and prohibited it from being checked in as checked baggage with the power on.

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According to a spokesperson for Lufthansa Airlines, AirTag belongs to 'portable electronic devices' like smartphones and notebook PCs, so it is subject to dangerous goods regulations issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). For this reason, Lufthansa says that luggage loaded in the cargo compartment must not contain an energized AirTag.

A spokesperson said, ``If you leave it as checked baggage, you have to stop the function during the flight, just like a smartphone.'' In addition, it is necessary to remove the internal button battery to stop the function of AirTag.



German news media watson said, ``AirTag is a relatively new product, so it should be ``not yet approved'' rather than ``banned''. Watson pointed out that the dangers of button batteries installed in AirTag should be distinguished from the dangers of lithium-ion batteries in smartphones, and that regulations may be considered and revised in the future.

According to One Mile at a Time, which handles aviation-related news, Lufthansa Airlines is the first airline to regulate AirTag. One Mile at a Time said, ``Technically, AirTags should be considered regulated electronic devices, but in practice they are not considered to pose a high risk of fire or other risks. I wonder if they will follow Lufthansa Airlines.'

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