Safety
IATA To Accelerate Smart Luggage Battery Ban
The implementation date is ahead of the January 2019 embargo ICAO announced.

Citing fire hazard concerns, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) will recommend soon that, effective Jan. 15, 2018, its 275 member airlines worldwide ban so-called “smart luggage” from the cargo hold of passenger aircraft unless the lithium-ion battery is removed from the bag. Such batteries will be allowed only in the passenger cabin. If the battery cannot be removed, it will not be allowed on board.