The 169 passengers and seven crew members were evacuated by a slide. Three people were slightly injured during the aircraft.
This Tuesday a Airbus A321-200 plane of the Air Busan airline, destined to Hong Konghe caught fire before taking off from Gimhae International Airport, In the city of Busanin southeast South Korea.
Panic in South Korea: a plane caught fire before taking off
The incident occurred at 22:26 (local time) and The flames originated in the tail From the plane, firefighters reported. The 169 passengers and seven crew members were evacuated Through a slide, Yonhap agency reported.
It was also reported that three people were slightly injured during an evacuation. The fire was completely extinguished at 23:31 (Argentine time), approximately one hour after firefighters arrived at the scene.
The authorities indicated that four people suffered wounds During the evacuation, two of which were treated in a nearby hospital.
It took about an hour to turn off the flames, which extended throughout the vehicle’s fuselage.
On December 29, a Boeing 737-800 of the airline Jeju Air crashed into a wall and exploded when landing at Muan airport, in the southwest of South Koreawhere 179 of the 181 people who were traveling on board died.
The flight was returning from Bangkok And the victims were mainly South Korean, except two Thai citizens. An initial report revealed that traces of bird impacts were found on the plane’s engines, but the exact cause of the accident has not yet been determined.
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