This will not be the first time for an electric bank to cause fire on a flight.
The recent accident of an Air Busan plane that caught fire at Gimhae airport as she prepared to take off was probably caused by a portable bank of a passenger, according to the passenger testimonies and the Air Busan officials.
On January 28, KST, around 10:15 pm, the plane, an Airbus A321-200, took fire in the tail while preparing to take off for Hong Kong. According to passengers on board, to “crackling sound “ He was listened to by the rag -luggage compartment, followed by smoking.
The internal probe of Air Busan in the accident aligned with the memory of the passengers. According to reports, a flight attendant on board also testified that the fire presumably had originated in the basket above the head above the seats in line 28.
Despite the testimonies, what caused such a fatal fire to swallow the plane has not yet been determined. However, this did not prevent Air Busan officials from saying to the media that the fire seemed to have been “caused by a portable power supply of a passenger, compressed inside the raised basket. “
If the Power Bank is really the possible cause of the fire, it would not be the first accident of its kind. In April last year, a power bank overheated in an air compartment began to produce smoke in an Asiana Airlines flight that transported 273 passengers. The flight attendants turned off the device before taking fire. In December last year, another flight Air Busan witnessed a similar accident with the flight attendants who immediately extinct the Power Bank before take -off.
A joint forensic investigation was scheduled for January 31 Kst, to determine what the fire on the Air Busan flight linked to Hong Kong and on its starting point caused the fire. Before this, Thursday 30 January, the Ministry of Earth, Infrastructure and Transport, the Metropolitan Police Agency of Busan, the Busan headquarters and the National Forensic Service have held a joint security control meeting to discuss the security measures while investigating the site. Since the Airomobile wings are still loaded with 15,875 kg of fuel for aviation, the necessary measures must be taken to avoid further accidents.
After an initial inspection of the site on January 29, KST, the Ministry of Earth, infrastructure and transport announced that there have been no indications on terrorism. However, they added that these are only preliminary results and the possibility of terrorism is still on the table until the conclusion of the probe.
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