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Look up Air Busan Flight 391, a power bank in someone's carryon caused the entire plane to burn down in 5 minutes. The airplane (an Airbus A321) was destroyed.
by tristanj 7mo ago
Look up Air Busan Flight 391, a power bank in someone's carryon caused the entire plane to burn down in 5 minutes. The airplane (an Airbus A321) was destroyed. The only reason there was not total loss of life was because the plane hadn't taken off yet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Busan_Flight_391 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Busan_Flight_391
- ranger_danger 7mo agoThis could happen with any battery-powered device though. But I don't see ICAO or FAA banning e.g. laptops any time soon, even though they may carry more energy than a single power bank.
- Blackthorn 7mo agoHave you seen what passes for quality on the random power banks sold by Amazon?
- markdown 7mo agoRandom power banks are about the same quality as random USB drives.
- NetMageSCW 7mo agoFortunately random USB drives are unlikely to catch fire.