Taiwanese carrier EVA Air is to ban the use of all portable chargers on its flights as concerns grow over the potential for inflight fires.

BUSAN, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- The fire that broke out on an Air Busan plane last month occurred 10 minutes after an airport ordered its takeoff to be delayed, a preliminary investigation report showed Thursday, with the plane's captain instructing everyone on board to be evacuated one minute after the fire was detected.

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Eva Air will ban the inflight use and charging of power banks and spare lithium batteries beginning March 1. The move is for flight safety, the carrier said in a Facebook post on Wednesday. The airline noted that power banks and spare lithium batteries are prohibited in