Camera (lithium) batteries on aircraft

[Thegreatroberto]

Or, more specific, should I check in my spare lithium cells or take them as hand luggage?

Doing some googling gives conflicting info! And it's a while since I have been on a plane with my camera gear.

I was intending taking my DSLR as carry on luggage along with my spare batteries.................but should I?

Airline is Iberia and Easyjet if that helps.............

 

[ChrisH]

Brought mine out to greece in my hand luggageno probs. flew sleazyjet

 

[Thegreatroberto]

Thanks.
Oddly, most advice says to take them as hand luggage rather than check them into the hold-On the basis if they burst into flames, they are easy to deal with. Never had one "burst" into flames, so not sure why it should on a plane ( I keep those plastic terminal covers on the spare batteries, rather than let them rattle around my spares coins)

 

[zednini]

The official position is :-

Spare lithium batteries must be carried in hand luggage. The terminals should be insulated. Lithium batteries must have no more than 2g of lithium. Lithium-ion batteries should be no more than 100 Wh.

Full details are here:- http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/dgr/Pages/lithium-batteries.aspx

 

[Tigger.ufo]

Just flew to Tiree with Easyjet and Flybe with all camera gear as hand luggage.

2 bodies with batteries in plus 2 spares and not a single query!

 

[PickleB]

Info and guidance here: http://safetravel.dot.gov/index.html

IATA link is above; ICAO info (detailed but not too easy to follow) here: link.

 

[Thegreatroberto]

Cheers chaps. Two nikon enel 4's and enel 3's going in the hand luggage with the camera gear.