Several airlines have updated their guidance on carrying lithium batteries onboard. The batteries are in devices such as cellphones and e-cigarettes, and can malfunction to produce smoke, fire or ...

Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways will keep its ban on pilots and cabin crew carrying power banks on flights, but ...

From Monday, airline passengers have been banned from using and charging their power banks during flights and storing ...

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

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

Across the world, from Hong Kong Airlines, VietJet to Lufthansa, airlines are rewriting rules for carrying power banks ...

Hong Kong’s civil aviation regulator is tightening ... While it does not specify these incidents, an Air Busan Airbus A321 was destroyed by fire on the ground at Gimhae in January.

Neither Hong Kong Airlines nor the airport authorities ... ion battery devices including power banks, following the Air Busan A321 fire at Gimhae in January.

In January, a fire broke out on an Air Busan flight bound for Hong Kong. Seven people were injured but luckily, the accident happened as the plane was just preparing to take off, so everyone was ...