Airline advertises the world’s first ban on popular travel unit

A South Korean airline has become the first in the world to prohibit power banks in hand luggage as a ‘preemptive measure’ after an inferno torn through one of its passenger aircraft last month.

Travelers aboard Air Busan flights are now forbidden to put their laptops in all bags that go in overhead cabinets.

This means that they will be forced to keep the travel units on them at all times or in their luggage under the seat.

Some airlines already have rules that prohibit passengers from bringing power banks into controlled luggage entering the team.

This is due to the risk of lithium-ion batteries overheating and causing fires in the cargo.

All passengers and crew members aboard the Air Busan aircraft fired on January 28, were surely evacuated, but four are said to have caused minor damage.

The Hong-Kong-bound flight burned up just before the start of Gimhae International Airport in Busan.

Air Busan has banned portable force banks to go in hand luggage

The airline said the move is a precaution after one of its passenger aircraft was fired last month

A study is currently underway to determine what triggered the fire, but it is believed to have been a bank of power.

The recent Inferno came a month after South Korea’s deadliest air disaster, which killed all except two of the 181 passengers and crew members on board.

Jeju Air Plane crashed as it fell down towards Muan International Airport’s Runway as it did an emergency in the stomach after starting from Bangkok on Sunday December 29.

It is believed that the aircraft has experienced a landing equipment defect.

Dramatic footage broadcast by local MBC TV also showed the moment when the aircraft began to show a kind of explosion out of one side as it approached the airport.

Following the crash, Jeju Air CEO, Kim e-Bae offered a long apology translated by The Guardian.

The move was announced by South Korean Airline Air Busan

An Air Busan plane was fired last month in Gimhae International Airport in Busan South Korea

Firefighters try to extinguish the fire from an Air Busan aircraft in Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, January 28, 2025

The tail of a passenger aircraft burned at an international airport in South Korea’s second largest city on January 28, forcing the evacuation of 176 people on board

“First, we bend our heads in excuse for everyone who has entrusted Jeju Air. Around 1 p.m. 9:03 on December 29, Flight 7c2216 fired from Bangkok to Muan while landing in Muan International Airport.

“Above all, we express our deepest compassion and apologize to the families to the passengers who lost their lives in this accident.

“At present, the cause of the accident is difficult to determine, and we must await the official investigative results from the relevant government agencies.

It was later reported that the two black boxes on Boeing -Jet stopped recording about four minutes before the accident.