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Flying with a power bank? What you need to know as the rules change

Anna McCooe
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Airlines around the world are cracking down on power banks following a string of fires caused by the portable lithium-ion battery chargers.

In the most serious incident this year, seven people were injured when an Air Busan Airbus A321 was engulfed in flames at South Korea’s Gimhae International Airport on January 28.

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Anna McCooe is The Australian Financial Review’s senior travel writer.
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