Fire authorities work to extinguish a fire that broke out on an Air Busan passenger plane at Gimhae International Airport in Busan on January 28, 2025. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)

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South Korean Plane with 176 Aboard Catches Fire

Asaba Metro

Published on January 28, 2025

A passenger aircraft caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday, prompting the evacuation of 176 people on board, according to Yonhap news agency.

The Air Busan plane, bound for Hong Kong, caught fire at around 10:30 pm local time (1330 GMT), Yonhap reported. A total of 169 passengers and seven flight attendants were evacuated down inflatable slides.

“One person was injured,” Yonhap said, without providing further details on the cause of the fire or the extent of the injury.

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The incident comes on the heels of South Korea’s worst aviation disaster last month, when a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crash-landed and exploded at Muan airport, killing 179 people.

According to Flightradar24, Air Busan’s fleet consists entirely of Airbus aircraft.

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