Air Busan A321 Caught Fire in South Korea
On January 28, 2025, an Air Busan Airbus A321 caught hearth at Gimhae Worldwide Airport in Busan, South Korea. All 169 passengers and 7 crew members on board had been evacuated through slides.
The Air Busan Airbus A321 with registration HL7763 was scheduled to depart as flight BX391 from Busan to Hong Kong with 176 passengers and crew members on board. Nonetheless, at roughly 10:26 p.m. native time, smoke and flames emanated from the tail part whereas the plane was making ready for departure on the taxiway.
Emergency providers promptly responded, and all 176 occupants, together with 169 passengers and 7 crew members, had been evacuated utilizing the emergency slides. The swift evacuation ensured there have been no casualties; nonetheless, three passengers reportedly sustained minor accidents throughout the evacuation course of.
Investigation Underway
The hearth is believed to have began within the tail space of the plane, the place the auxiliary energy unit (APU) is positioned, though the precise trigger continues to be underneath investigation.
Firefighters had been dispatched to the scene after smoke was seen billowing from the tail part. The flames unfold shortly to the fuselage, however emergency groups had been in a position to management and extinguish the fireplace.
Photographs and movies shared by witnesses present intensive harm to the passenger cabin, with emergency personnel actively containing the blaze. The hearth was extinguished at 11:31 p.m.
Latest Incident
This incident comes lower than a month after South Korea’s deadliest aviation catastrophe lately. On December 29, 2024, a Jeju Air Boeing 737 tragically crashed throughout an emergency stomach touchdown at Muan Airport, ensuing within the deaths of 179 of the 181 folks aboard.
The back-to-back incidents have raised issues over aviation security within the nation, although no instant hyperlink between the 2 has been established.
In mild of the Air Busan incident, officers have expressed aid that the swift response of each the crew and emergency providers prevented a extra tragic end result. Hearth officers have launched an investigation to find out the reason for the fireplace, and till then, the runway at Gimhae Worldwide Airport has been closed for additional inspection and repairs.
