An Air Busan Airbus A321 aircraft caught fire at Gimhae International Airport (PUS).
At around 10:30pm local time on the 28th, a fire broke out in the tail section of an Air Busan plane bound for Hong Kong at Gimhae Airport.
It was reported that all 170 passengers and others were evacuated via emergency evacuation slides , and there were no casualties.
Fire officials are at the location to extinguish the fire.
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- Three occupants have been injured due to the fire that broke out on the tail section of the aircraft at Gimhae International Airport.
- The aircraft, bound for Hong Kong, had 176 occupants, 169 passengers and 7 crew members. All of them have been evacuated.
- The fire was reported at 10:26 p.m. in the plane’s empennage upper section.
- The airport’s firefighting team arrived at 10:34 p.m. to control the fire.
- A Level 1 emergency response was declared at 10:38 p.m., that led to the mobilization of additional firefighting resources.
- Fire officials believe the fire started inside the aircraft spreading it further.
- A thorough search was carried out to confirm everyone has been evacuated.
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Source – Fl360aero
