The power bank was lying in an overhead luggage compartment where the fire was first reported. The debris from the device had scorch marks, a statement by the transport ministry read

A fire engulfing an Air Busan plane in January may have started due to a spare power bank, according to South Korea's transport ministry. The blaze, burning the Airbus A321ceo utterly, raises concerns over lithium batteries on flights,

A portable power bank likely caused a fire that engulfed and destroyed a passenger plane in South Korea in January, according to local authorities. The Air Busan plane caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in the country's south on 28 January – causing three people on board to sustain minor injuries.