SEOUL—An Airbus plane belonging to South Korean carrier Air Busan caught fire on Tuesday at Gimhae International Airport in the country’s south while preparing for departure to Hong Kong, fire authorities said.
All 169 passengers and seven crew members were evacuated, with three having minor injuries, fire authorities in Busan said.
The fire service was alerted to the fire which began inside the plane just before 10:30 p.m., it said. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said it began in the plane’s tail.
Footage aired by local broadcaster YTN shows evacuation slides deployed on both sides of the single-aisle plane, with emergency workers tackling smoke and flames from the jet….
Air Busan Airbus Plane Catches Fire at South Korea’s Busan Airport
