Southwest's new portable charger policy was vindicated after just 24 hours when a flight diverted due to a smoking battery pack

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A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737.
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A Southwest Airlines flight diverted to South Carolina an hour into its journey.
"A customer's battery charger apparently overheated and began to smoke," the airline told BI.
The incident came the day after Southwest…

This story appeared on businessinsider.com, 2025-06-02 13:30:43.
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