Hearth authorities work to extinguish a hearth that broke out on an Air Busan passenger aircraft at Gimhae Worldwide Airport in Busan on January 28, 2025. The tail of a passenger plane caught hearth at a world airport in South Korea’s second-largest metropolis on January 28, forcing the evacuation of 176 individuals on board, Yonhap information company reported. (Picture by YONHAP / AFP)
SEOUL, South Korea — The rear part of a passenger plane caught hearth at an airport in South Korea on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of 176 individuals on board, authorities mentioned.
The Air Busan aircraft, an Airbus A321, was set to fly to Hong Kong from Gimhae Worldwide Airport in southeastern Busan however caught hearth at round 10:15 pm native time (1315 GMT), the transport ministry mentioned in a press release.
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Firefighters work to extinguish a hearth that broke out on an Air Busan passenger aircraft at Gimhae Worldwide Airport in Busan on January 28, 2025. | Picture by YONHAP / AFPA whole of 169 passengers and 7 flight attendants and workers have been evacuated down inflatable slides, it mentioned.
The assertion gave no details about the reason for the hearth apart from to say it broke out within the rear of the plane.
The Nationwide Hearth Company mentioned three individuals have been barely injured throughout the evacuation. The hearth was fully extinguished by 11:31 pm native time, it mentioned.
Firefighters guarantee that the hearth that broke out on an Air Busan passenger aircraft certain for Hong Kong are put out at Gimhae Worldwide Airport in Busan on January 28, 2025. | Picture by YONHAP / AFP)
South Korea suffered the worst aviation catastrophe on its soil final month when a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800, flying from Thailand to Muan on December 29, crash-landed and exploded right into a fireball after slamming right into a concrete barrier.
That crash killed 179 of the 181 passengers and crew members on board.
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