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South Korea’s new rules for power banks inflight starting next month
February 14th 2025
From March 1, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of South Korea will require passengers flying with airlines registered in South Korea to keep their power banks in protective pouches or transparent plastic bags or cover the connectors with insulating tape. Read More » Storing power banks and electronic cigarettes in overhead bins will be prohibited as will be charging batteries with in-flight USB ports, sockets or other devices. The regulations will limit the number and type of portable batteries allowed on board. Passengers will be permitted to carry a maximum of five 100-watt-hour portable batteries, while batteries over 160-watt-hours will not be allowed on board. Electronic devices such as mobile phones and laptops will not be subject to the new regulations because they have built-in short-circuit prevention mechanisms. The rules are being introduced after an Air Busan aircraft departing Gimhae Airport for Hong Kong on January 28 caught fire. No one was injured in the incident but the narrow-body was destroyed.
