A portable electricity bank may have caused a fire that has swallowed and destroyed a passenger plane in South Korea in January, according to local authorities.
Air Busan aircraft caught fire At the Gimhae International Airport in the south of the country on January 28 – causes three people aboard to suffer minor injuries.
On Friday, the Ministry of Transport in South Korea said the results of the intermediate investigations show that the fire may have begun as the insulation in the battery of the Power Bank bank was breaking down.
The Electricity Bank was found in above ground luggage compartment, where the fire was first increased and its debris had Skorch signs, according to the statement.
Investigators could not say what could cause the battery, he added.
The update is also based only on intermediate findings and is not a final report on airplane accidents, Airbus A321CEO.
Airlines around the world have banned banks from checking luggage for years because of safety concerns that relate to lithium-ion batteries inside the devices.
These batteries can produce extreme heat and fire if the damage or production faults cause a short circuit.
Lithium-ion batteries of all kinds have been banned from the loads of passenger aircraft since 2016, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization Directive.
During the week after Air Busan's fire, the airline tightened these rules further, announcing that it would no longer allow passengers to keep electricity banks on their board.
The carrier said the new rules were in response to an increase in the number of electricity banks that overheat.
An increasing number of airlines – including China Airlines and Thai Airways – deploy similar rules, such as Singapore Airlines and its low -cost SCOOT are the latest to prohibit the use and billing of electricity banks on board 1 April.
On February 28, the government of South Korea also announced that passengers embark on flights in the country, they will need to carry portable batteries and chargers of their face instead of storing them in above ground departments.