The rear part of a passenger plane belonging to South Korean provider Air Busan caught fireplace at an airport within the nation’s southeast 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 International Airport in southeastern Busan however caught fireplace at round 10:15 pm native time (1:15 p.m. GMT), the transport ministry mentioned in an announcement.
A complete of 169 passengers and 7 flight attendants and workers had been evacuated down inflatable slides, it mentioned.
The assertion gave no details about the reason for the fireplace aside from to say it broke out within the rear of the plane.
The National Fire Agency mentioned three folks had been barely injured in the course of the evacuation. The fireplace was fully extinguished by 11:31 pm native time, it mentioned.
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 Dec. 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.
Source: www.dailysabah.com