Fireplace authorities work to extinguish a fireplace that broke out on an Air Busan passenger airplane at Gimhae Worldwide Airport in Busan on January 28, 2025. The tail of a passenger plane caught hearth at a global airport in South Korea’s second-largest metropolis on January 28, forcing the evacuation of 176 folks on board, Yonhap information company reported. (Photograph 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 folks on board, authorities mentioned.
The Air Busan airplane, 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 fireplace that broke out on an Air Busan passenger airplane at Gimhae Worldwide Airport in Busan on January 28, 2025. | Photograph by YONHAP / AFPA complete of 169 passengers and 7 flight attendants and employees have been evacuated down inflatable slides, it mentioned.
The assertion gave no details about the reason for the hearth aside from to say it broke out within the rear of the plane.
The Nationwide Fireplace Company mentioned three folks have been barely injured throughout the evacuation. The hearth was fully extinguished by 11:31 pm native time, it mentioned.
Firefighters be sure that the hearth that broke out on an Air Busan passenger airplane sure for Hong Kong are put out at Gimhae Worldwide Airport in Busan on January 28, 2025. | Photograph 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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