New Delhi: You can now fly with a small drone to your middle to click a great vacation image in domestic destinations where this unmanned air system can be operated according to the rules.
Drones (without batteries) most must be in check-in bags and batteries (from certain upto watts) only in cabin bags.
For international travel, the rules of the destination country will apply.
A senior official of the airline said the passengers must notify the airline when they will travel with drones.
“Even though there was no great limit to bringing a good drone as a check-in or carrying luggage, major airlines as a problem of extraordinary prevention measures allowed drones in the luggage check-in.
That’s because of the individual airline policy and not regulatory requirements.
However, when drones are accepted as Luggage check-in, the battery needs to be removed and brought in the trunk of tote, “said a senior senior flight official.
“For backup batteries, there is no limit if they are less than 100 watts (WH).
The maximum of two batteries if it is more than 100 but less than 160 WH with the airline’s approval.
There is no backup battery that is permitted if it is more than 160,” Official added.
Clarification on the Train Drone comes when the airline now routinely gets questions from passengers almost the same.
An indigo spokesman said: “According to the condition of the train drone can be done in the luggage check-in.
However, the battery is not allowed in check-in.
Passengers are asked to carry a battery in hand trunk.
The limit is up to 160 WH for lithium batteries.” While senior officials The ministry said it was recommended to bring the nano drone – the most common for personal use weighing up to 250 grams – in cabin bags, most major airlines did not allow the same thing.
Drones Nano has a lithium-ion battery.
Because of the potential for fire risk, the battery is not allowed in check-in bags.
Also security will detect lithium during inline screening and will lower the bag.
Risk assessment is carried out for the transport of large drones.
Therefore it was decided that the drone with a battery of more than 160 WH must be taken as a cargo.
But still the risk is that in passenger baggage because of handling and movement, lithium can burn.
Therefore most airlines allow the same to travel in the baggage cabin when the crew is trained to handle every fire incident or smoke in the cabin because of lithium.
So ideally, said government officials, small drones with attached batteries were brought in cabin bags; Larger drones in cabin bags and their lithium batteries are also in the cabin with proper insulation and large drones with more than 160W batteries on cargo with the right smoke detection and fire extinguisher.
India has classified drones into five categories based on their weight: nano up to 250 grams; Micro between 250 grams and 2 kg; small between 2 and 25 kg; Medium between 25 and 150 kg and weigh more than 150 kg.