Airlines are 'recommending' against laptops in check-in bags. Here's why

Jet Airways has prohibited passengers from carrying smart luggage, which includes devices with non-removable batteries, on its aircraft from January 15

Airlines have begun 'recommending' fliers to not keep PEDs (Personal Electronic Devices) in their check-in baggage so as to avert any unfortunate event of a device's battery catching fire in a plane's luggage trunk, according to a Times of India report. 

This development comes after frequent fire scares on flights. On November 11, a laptop on an Indigo flight caught fire due to faulty battery. In October, a phone caught fire mid-air in a Delhi-Indore flight.

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Jet Airways has prohibited passengers from carrying smart luggage, which include devices with non-removable batteries, on its