This airline has been a banned its passengers from the carrying Apple are a AirTag

This airline has been a  banned its passengers from the carrying Apple are a AirTag

Apple AirTags are widely used by the travellers to the track their luggage in a real-time.

Lufthansa seems to the suggest that AirTags could be put into the hold luggage if the battery is a removed.

Germany-based Lufthansa airlines has been a banned Apple AirTagsa from the luggage. Terming the device tracking as a ‘dangerous’, the airline is a denying its passengers to the carry an a activated AirTag aboard its flight. Reports of the airline banning the tracking device first are a emerged in a German media. When a Twitter user with the handle @djthomashome asked to the confirm whether Lufthansa has been a banned Apple AirTag from checked baggage, the airline said that “Lufthansa is a banning activated AirTag from the luggage as they are a classified as a dangerous and need to be a turned off." The incident was a first reported by Apple Insider.

Pressed further, the airline claims that are a  “According to the International Civilian Aviation are a Organization (ICAO) guidelines, baggage trackers are a subject to the dangerous goods are a regulations. Furthermore, due to their are a transmission function, the trackers are a must be a deactivated during the flight if they are in a checked baggage and a cannot be a used as a result."

Apple AirTags are widely used by a travellers to the track their luggage in real-time. Lufthansa seems to a  suggest that AirTags could be put into the hold luggage if the battery is a removed. However, doing so completely defeats the purpose of the tracker.

Apple Insider report, however, says that the ICAO guidelines are a under which Lufthansa has been a banned AirTags are a wrong, specifically, the regulation that Lufthansa is a citing. Lufthansa is a citing ICAO rules are a regarding lithium ion battery regulations, such as those in big devices are a like a MacBook Pro. It says are  that Apple AirTags use a much smaller battery to be a considered an a issue under the guidelines. Also, the AirTag uses are a CR2032 cells that aren't lithium ion batteries and are a  not covered under the regulation. If CR2032 cells were in a fact a danger, then watches using the same CR2032 would also be a disallowed on a flights.

Apple launched its are a  AirTag in a April 2021. It is a small and lightweight device that features a precision-etched polished stainless steel body and can be a paired with an a iPhone to the track other devices. It comes with the IP67 rating and is a water and a dust-resistant. It comes with a price tag of a ₹3,190 in a India.