Confusion
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Procedure
This is a safety concern regarding the awareness of a type of carry-on bag 'AWAY'. These bags have a built in lithium ion 37 watt hour battery supporting USB functions. These batteries can only be removed from the inside of the luggage with a screw driver. This brings my safety concern in the instances where we run out of overhead bin space; can checking these types of bags potentially be a safety risk? Should we bring an awareness to [the appropriate personnel] to look for these types of bags and allow only inside the cabin and not cargo hold?
Air carrier Gate Agent reported concern about the safety of gate-checking luggage that has internal lithium ion batteries.