Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights will soon be required to keep their portable chargers in plain sight while using them because of concerns about the growing number of lithium battery fires.

Air Busan said the changes, which will also include additional crew fire training and fire containment equipment on board, were in response to an increase in the number of power banks overheating.

The Air Busan departure for Hong Kong caught fire before takeoff from Gimhae International Airport in Busan around 10:26 p.m. local time Tuesday, said Yonhap news agency.

Air Busan and Asiana did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Korean Air directed inquiries to Air Busan. The plane is a 17-year-old Airbus A321ceo model with tail number HL7763, ...

Air Busan will no longer allow portable chargers to be stored there after a fire that destroyed a passenger jet was suspected of being sparked by a lithium battery, Reuters reported. 3.

At around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a fire broke out in the tail section of an Air Busan aircraft. All 170 passengers and crew ...

A Southwest passenger's "battery charger apparently overheated and began to smoke," the airline said. Quick-thinking flight ...

Air Busan's single-aisle 17-year-old plane has burnt out holes along the length of the fuselage roof. Its wings and engines were not burned, a transport ministry statement said.

Air Busan Co., Ltd., operating as Air Busan; it launched service in October 2008. Air Busan is South Korea's third-largest low-cost airline, carrying 4.5 million domestic and 3.6 million ...

Air Busan said the changes, which will also include additional crew fire training and fire containment equipment on board, were in response to an increase in the number of power banks overheating.

News Peg. On Jan. 28, an Air Busan plane preparing for takeoff burst into flames at Gimhae International Airport in South Korea, resulting in seven injuries and forcing 176 passengers and crew ...