Over 400,000 violations of portable battery regulation on airplanes detected

Since a 2025 battery-related fire onboard an Air Busan flight led to strengthened safety measures, more than 430,000 violations of carry-on battery rules were recorded at domestic airports over the past year. According to figures submitted to Rep. Lee Yeon-hee of the National Assembly’s Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee by Incheon International Airport Corp. and Korea Airports Corp., a total of 433,051 violations were detected at airport security checkpoints from March last year, when

By The Korea Herald