A passenger plane flew at an airport before taking off In South Korea At the end of Tuesday, but all 176 people on board were safely evacuated, the authorities said.
The Airbus plane was operated by the South Korean airline Air Busan, prepared to leave for Hong Kong When the rear parts caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in the southeast, the Ministry of Transport said in a statement.
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The 169 passengers of the aircraft, six crew members and one engineer were evacuated with the help of an escape dia, the ministry said.
The National Fire Department said in a release that three people were in the mild injuries during the evacuation. The fire brigade agency said that the fire was completely postponed at 11:31 pm, about an hour after the firefighters and fire trucks had deployed on the spot.
Mayor of Busan Park Heong-Joon and other officials visit the site where an Air Busan aircraft caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Wednesday 29 January 2025. (Son Hyung-Joo/Yonhap via AP)
The cause of the fire was not immediately known. The Ministry of Transport said the aircraft is an A321 model.
Tuesday’s incident came a month after one Jeju air passenger plane Crashed at Muan International Airport in southern South Korea and killed two of all 181 people on board. It was one of the deadliest disasters in the aviation history of South Korea.
The Boeing 737-800 took off the airport on December 29 after the landing gear could not be implemented, hit a concrete structure and burst into flames. The flight returned from Bangkok and all victims were South Koreans, except for two Thai subjects.
The first report for the crash released on Monday said that the authorities have confirmed traces of bird attacks in the motorcycle engines, although officials have not determined the cause of the accident.
