Fire forces emergency evacuation from Air Busan plane

사진연합뉴스 — Firefighters battle a fire on an Air Busan aircraft at Gimhae International Airport in Busan on Jan. 28, 2025. Yonhap

SEOUL, January 28 (AJP) - A fire broke out in the tail section of a passenger aircraft at Gimhae International Airport in Busan late Tuesday, forcing 176 people to evacuate and leaving two with minor injuries, officials said.

The blaze was reported at 10:26 p.m. on an Air Busan Airbus A321 preparing for a flight to Hong Kong.

Fire officials said all 169 passengers and seven crew members escaped via emergency slides while flames spread toward the fuselage.

Firefighters extinguished the blaze by 11:31 p.m., authorities said. The cause is under investigation.

Air Busan, owned by Asiana Airlines, is South Korea's fourth-largest low-cost airline by passenger volume.

The incident follows the Dec. 29 crash of a Jeju Air flight at Muan International Airport that killed 179 of 181 people aboard.

Park Sae-jin swatchsjp@ajunews.com

Fire forces emergency evacuation from Air Busan plane

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