Published: 10:55pm, 28 Jan 2025Updated: 10:55pm, 28 Jan 2025
The tail of a passenger aircraft caught fire at an international airport in South Korea’s second-largest city on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of 176 people on board, Yonhap news agency reported.
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The Air Busan plane bound for Hong Kong from Gimhae International Airport in southeastern Busan caught fire at around 10.30pm local time, the news agency reported.
A total of 169 passengers and seven flight attendants were evacuated down inflatable slides, Yonhap said, without providing any information about the cause of the fire.
It said one person was injured but gave no other details.
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Busan’s fire authorities were not immediately available for comment when contacted by AFP.
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