Fire on Busan Air flight believed to have started from overhead compartment


Firefighters and other officials visiting the site where an Air Busan airplane caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in Busan on Jan 29, 2025. - Yonhap via AP

SEOUL: South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Jan 29 dispatched officials and set up an emergency response team to investigate the cause of a fire that broke out on an Air Busan flight on Tuesday (Jan 28) evening.

The Air Busan plane, an Airbus A321-200 bound for Hong Kong from Gimhae International Airport in Busan, caught fire at its tail at around 10.26pm local time before takeoff.

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