European airline Lufthansa bans Apple AirTags on checked luggage and calls devices ‘dangerous’


Lufthansa tweeted it is banning ‘activated AirTags’ from luggage because the devices ‘are classified as dangerous and need to be turned off’ during flights. — Lufthansa/TNS

One of Europe’s largest airlines is saying auf wiedersehen to Apple AirTags on checked luggage.

Lufthansa, Germany’s main airline, tweeted Saturday that the company is banning “activated AirTags” from luggage because the devices “are classified as dangerous and need to be turned off” during flights.

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