Air Busan plane catches fire at S.Korea's Busan airport, no casualties (updated)

Korean Air Lines Co

28/01/2025 14:16

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       SEOUL, Jan 28 (Reuters) - 
    An Air Busan  298690.KS  plane caught fire at Gimhae
International Airport in Busan in South Korea on Tuesday and all
169 passengers and seven crew members evacuated without
casualties, Yonhap news agency reported, citing authorities.
    The fire began in the plane's tail, Yonhap said.
    It is a month since the deadliest air disaster on South
Korean soil when a Jeju Air  089590.KS  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.
        Budget airline Air Busan is part of Asiana Airlines
 020560.KS , which in December was acquired by Korean Air
 003490.KS .
  

 (Reporting by Hyunsu Yim, Lisa Barrington; editing by Alex
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