Authorities from the Transportation Ministry and a French agency in charge of civil aviation accidents begin a joint ...

IATA updates safety rules over power bank fire risks, prompting airlines to tighten in-flight battery use regulations.

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Worldcategory· March 14, 2025 South Korea says battery pack is possible cause of Air Busan fire A spare power bank is a possible cause of a fire that engulfed an Air Busan 298690.KS plane in ...

A portable power bank with a lithium battery has been found to be a possible source of a fire that engulfed an Air Busan plane in January while waiting for takeoff, South Korea’s transport ...

The Air Busan plane caught fire at Gimhae International Airport on Jan. 28, with all 176 people on board safely evacuated using an escape slide, though seven suffered minor injuries.

South Korean media reported that the Air Busan Airbus A321 aircraft was eventually cleared to land. It landed after air traffic controllers at Busan airport visually confirmed that the landing ...

A spare power bank is a possible cause of a fire that engulfed an Air Busan plane in January, South Korea’s transport ministry said on Friday, citing interim investigation results. Scorch marks ...

A fire that destroyed an Air Busan plane in January has prompted a closer examination of lithium-ion battery safety. A faulty power bank was the likely cause of the blaze that engulfed the plane ...

Aviation has long recognised the batteries as a safety concern, and rules are periodically tightened in response to accidents ...