WATCH: Commercial Aircraft Catches Fire, Forces Nearly 180 People To Evacuate

A commercial airplane in South Korea caught fire on Tuesday at Gimhae International Airport while preparing for departure to Hong Kong.

The emergency forced all 176 people on board to evacuate.

Three individuals reportedly suffered minor injuries.

FIRST LOOK | The extensively damaged Airbus A321 of Air Busan after it caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in Busan. All passengers were safely evacuated, and the fire was successfully contained. #airbusan #airbus pic.twitter.com/7jnTWXCTSV

— Airways Magazine (@airwaysmagazine) January 28, 2025

Per Reuters:

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.

Later footage from Yonhap news showed burned out holes along the length of the fuselage roof.

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It is a month since the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil when a Jeju Air plane coming from Bangkok crashed on Muan Airport’s runway as it made an emergency belly landing, killing all but two of the 181 people and crew members on board.

WATCH:

“New photo shows Air Busan A321 fuselage completely destroyed by the fire that erupted in the tail of the aircraft at Busan Gimhae International Airport in South Korea while preparing to depart to Hong Kong. Fire authorities say three people sustained non-life-threatening injuries during the evacuation,” Breaking Aviation News & Videos wrote.

New photo shows Air Busan A321 fuselage completely destroyed by the fire that erupted in the tail of the aircraft at Busan Gimhae International Airport in South Korea while preparing to depart to Hong Kong.

Fire authorities say three people sustained non-life-threatening… pic.twitter.com/lUaDOcMm1E

— Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) January 28, 2025

From the Associated Press:

The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately known. The Transport Ministry said the plane is an A321 model.

Tuesday’s incident came a month after a Jeju Air passenger plane crashed at Muan International Airport in southern South Korea, killing all but two of the 181 people on board. It was one of the deadliest disasters in South Korea’s aviation history.

The Boeing 737-800 skidded off the airport’s runaway on Dec. 29 after its landing gear failed to deploy, slamming into a concrete structure and bursting into flames. The flight was returning from Bangkok and all of the victims were South Koreans except for two Thai nationals.

The first report on the crash released Monday said authorities have confirmed traces of bird strikes in the plane’s engines, though officials haven’t determined the cause of the accident.

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