Air Busan plane catches on fire in South Korea, leaving seven people with injuries at Gimhae airport
Seoul The authorities said on Tuesday that when the plane exploded at a airport in South Korea, seven people suffered minor injuries. Local media stated that the fire may be caused by a portable battery stored in an overhead trash can. According to the country’s Ministry of Transport, the aircraft A321 of the Airbus A321 will fly from Gimhae International Airport in southeast of Busan to Hong Kong, but fired in the rear on Tuesday night.
It said that a total of 169 passengers and 7 stewardess and staff were evacuated from inflatable slides.
The authorities initially reported three injuries, but modified numbers to 7 on Wednesday. The ministry added that one of them was still hospitalized.
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South Korea suffered the worst aviation disaster on the soil last month. Cracked and exploded Entry the concrete barrier at the end of the runway.
The crash killed 179 of the 181 passengers and crew members on the boat this time. Investigators found duck blood and feathers in both engines of the plane, but have not yet determined the cause of the crash.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Minister of Transport Park said: “After the tragedy of Jeju Airlines, another aviation accident occurred, and we felt very regrettable for the passengers and the public on the boat.”
The ministry said that the accident on Tuesday night burned nearly half of the fuselage, but the wings and engines of the aircraft were still not damaged, and the reason for the fire was under investigation.
The spokesman of the ministry told AFP: “It is unclear when we can disclose the results of the investigation of the reason for the fire last night.”
On Tuesday night, the dramatic images of the local media showed that the plane was flame, and the smoke was rolling from the inside of the plane.
The image of Wednesday morning shows that the upper part of the fuselage was burned, leaving huge holes.
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Although the ministry did not comment on the possible cause of the fire, the Yonhap News Agency in South Korea reported that the fire began to spread after the black smoke came out of the viaduct in the rear.
The local Joongang Ilbo quoted a person who was unveiled in the air bushes. He said: “Passengers’ portable batteries compressed with portable luggage.” It seemed a big fire. “
“When the flue was full of the cabin, a passenger near the emergency exit opened the door. The stewardess opened the relative passenger and let others start evacuating,” a passenger told the passenger of YONHAP, saying that the incident was “confusing chaos. And horror. “
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