Air Busan has implemented a total ban on power banks in hand luggage as a precautionary measure following a recent fire incident on a passenger jet. Passengers are now required to keep their portable chargers with them or in under-seat luggage instead of in overhead bins. This decision follows a harrowing event where a plane caught fire shortly before take-off, believed to be linked to a power bank. Additionally, the airline recently mourned the loss of lives from a separate air disaster, reflecting ongoing safety concerns in the industry.
A South Korean airline has become the first in the world to ban power banks in hand luggage as a 'preemptive measure' after an inferno ripped through one of its passenger jets last month.
This means they will be forced to keep the travel devices on them at all times, or in their under-seat luggage.
An investigation is currently underway to determine what sparked the fire, but it is believed to have been a power bank.
The recent in-flight inferno came a month after South Korea's deadliest air disaster that killed all but two of the 181 passengers and crew members on board.
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