Wow, I am a bit shocked. So I guess using the Sola lights when traveling would be out of the questions since it is a self contained light and can not be seperated from its power source. Am I reading and stating this correctly?Steve
The question obviously is whether they are enforcing those rules or not. Here in Zurich airport they usually do. Every diver carrying a diving torch or a UW flash light must fill out a standard form stating that the power current from the carried device is fully detached, i.e. seperated between lamp base and battery pack. They refer to ICAO Annexes 18 and the Technical Instructions and Airtransport Rules Nr. 16.
However, when I recently was talking to another diver he stated that he was flying recently with a Sola 600 and there was no problem. He just explained and showed to the airport inspection authority that the battery was totally emptied. Then they let him board.
