Virgin Australia is reviewing its rules on portable power banks following a mid-air fire on one of its planes and a string of similar incidents on flights around the world, prompting calls for tighter regulations.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said it would soon release a report into the Virgin flight from Sydney to Hobart, on which a power bank caught alight in an overhead compartment in July.

The incident follows several recent international cases, including an Air China flight that made an emergency landing last weekend in Shanghai after a lithium battery caught fire. Loading...

An Air Bussan plane was also destroyed earlier this year at South Korea's Gimhae Airport after a similar incident involving a power bank.

A Virgin Australia spokeswoman said the airline

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