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Multiple in‑flight power‑bank fires in Asia hospitalise crew and prompt calls to ban portable batteries
Several recent in‑flight incidents involving passenger power banks — including an Asiana flight to Hong Kong on 8 January where a power bank ignited (284 onboard; owner suffered a hand burn) and a T'way Air Sanya–Cheongju flight on 10 January that hospitalised three crew — have reignited calls to ban portable batteries on aircraft.
