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.
Travellers onboard Air Busan flights are now forbidden from putting their portable chargers in any bags going into overhead lockers.
This means they will be forced to keep the travel devices on them at all times, or in their under-seat luggage.
Some airlines already have rules in place prohibiting passengers from bringing power banks in checked luggage going into the hold. This is due to the risk of lithium-ion batteries overheating and causing fires in the cargo hold.
All passengers and crew members on board the Air Busan plane that caught fire on the 28th of January were safely evacuated, but four were said to have sustained minor injuries.
The Hong-Kong-bound flight caught fire just before take-off at Gimhae International Airport in Busan.
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