{"id":63690,"date":"2015-10-27T03:06:36","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T08:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=63690"},"modified":"2015-10-27T03:06:36","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T08:06:36","slug":"detach-batteries-from-e-cigarette-when-on-board-mahb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/10\/27\/detach-batteries-from-e-cigarette-when-on-board-mahb\/","title":{"rendered":"Detach batteries from e-cigarette when on board\u2014MAHB"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_63691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63691\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Ecig_USB_charger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-63691\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Ecig_USB_charger.jpg\" alt=\"(Photo from Wikipedia)\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Ecig_USB_charger.jpg 500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Ecig_USB_charger-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electronic_cigarette\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PUTRAJAYA\u2014With immediate effect, passengers carrying the electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) need to detach the batteries from their vaping device during flights, said Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made following the overheated e-cigarette device on board flight OD 1003 while en-route from Kota Kinabalu to Kuala Lumpur on October 24.<\/p>\n<p>In its Facebook posting, MAHB said at present the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) regulations did not allow e-cigarettes to be checked in as baggage, but allowed for them to be hand-carried on board of the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Following this latest incident, MAHB has implemented an additional safety precaution, effective immediately whereby passengers will be asked to detach the batteries from the equipment,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, MAHB has referred the matter to the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) for further advice.<\/p>\n<p>DCA director-general Datuk Seri Azharuddin Abdul Rahman in a statement today said that DCA was concerned about the reported incident of an e-cigarette that burst into flames on board Malindo Air flight OD1003, injuring the owner.<\/p>\n<p>Malindo Air in confirming the overheated e-cigarette incident today said it occurred during cruise at 35,000 feet approximately at 6:02 p.m., mid-journey between Kota Kinabalu and Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUTRAJAYA\u2014With immediate effect, passengers carrying the electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) need to detach the batteries from their vaping device during flights, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":63691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-63690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travel","tag-original","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}