Hong Kong Airlines on March 20 a flight from Hangzhou to Hong Kong HX115 luggage racks caught fire, the need for an emergency landing in Fuzhou Changle Airport, and rumors are suspected to be called charging machine external charger fire accident.
Since this year, at least two similar incidents, including South Korea's Air Busan flight, after the incident, a number of airlines have prohibited mobile power from being placed in the overhead luggage racks, and some prohibit the use of power banks on board for personal devices such as cell phones, computers and other charging and so on.
South Korea's Air Busan and Batik Air Malaysia respectively had their aircraft catch fire on January 28 and February 24 this year with external chargers stored in the luggage racks on board. After the incident, the South Korean government in early this month, in addition to banning power banks for check-in, but also prohibited to be placed in the aircraft baggage racks, is also strictly prohibited to use or recharge the power banks in the aircraft, but also must be in the port position of the sticking of insulating tape. There is also a capacity limit for carry-on bags. At least seven airlines, including Air Busan, Korean Air, Asiana Airlines and Jeju Air, have similar requirements.
As for airlines in Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong Express Airways, Air Greater Bay Airlines and Hong Kong Airlines all prohibit any spare lithium batteries and mobile lithium battery chargers from being checked in as checked baggage, and they can only be stored in carry-on baggage and stored in a secure manner. For example, individually wrapped batteries can be used to prevent short-circuiting, and there are limits on the number and capacity of batteries that can be carried on board. Hong Kong Airlines also prohibits passengers from using power banks to charge devices onboard. Greater Bay Airlines prohibits passengers from using such devices during takeoff, landing and taxiing.
Thai Airways, AirAsia and EVA Air have also banned the use or charging of power banks onboard since last Saturday (March 15), and portable power supplies must also comply with capacity limits. STARLUX Airlines and some of Taiwan's mainland airlines have also banned the use of power banks on board. The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia has directly requested that all passengers are not allowed to carry their power banks in the overhead bins. Singapore Airlines has also banned passengers from using on-board USB to charge external chargers during the entire flight, as well as the use of mobile power to charge personal devices such as cell phones and computers, starting next month.
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