Air Busan plane sets on South Korea, leaving seven people with injuries at Gimhae Airport
Seoul – Seven people sustained mostly minor injuries on Tuesday when the aircraft broke out on a flame at the airport in South Korea, the authorities said on Wednesday, and the local media suggested that the flames may have been caused by a portable battery stored in a bucket for buckets. Air Buzan, Airbus A321, was supposed to fly to Hong Kong from Gimhae International Airport in Southeast Busan, but caught fire on the back on Tuesday night, according to the Ministry of Transport in the country.
A total of 169 passengers and seven flight attendants and staff were evacuated a series of inflatable slides, it is said.
The authorities initially reported three injuries, but on Wednesday they revised the number at seven. One of them remained hospitalized, the Ministry added.
South Korea suffered the worst air disaster on its soil last month, when Jeju Air Boeing 737-800, which flew from Thailand to Muan on December 29th. Sudaran and exploded into a fire ball after scoring at the concrete barrier at the end of the runway.
This collision died 179 of 181 passengers and crew members on board. Investigators found blood and feathers of ducks in both aircraft engines, but have not yet completely determined what caused the fall.
“In the carriage of the aircraft aircraft Jeju Air, an additional aircraft accident occurred and we feel deeply sorry for the passengers on board and the public,” Sang-Woo Park Minister of Transport said on Wednesday.
The accident on Tuesday night left nearly half of the hull, but wings and motors of the aircraft remained unmarried, the Ministry said, adding that the cause of the fire was under investigation.
“It is unclear when we will be able to discover the findings of investigations over last night’s fire,” a spokesman for the Ministry of AFP said.
Dramatic paintings from local media on Tuesday night showed that the planes broke into flames and thick smoke passes from the inside of the plane.
Pictures from Wednesday morning revealed that the upper half of the trunk was burned, leaving a huge hole.
Until the Ministry commented on the possible cause of the fire, the news agency of South Korea Yonhap reported that the flames began to expand after the black smoke came out of the overhead section in the back row.
“It seems that the fire broke out when a portable passenger battery, stored in a bin bin, became compressed,” the local daily Joontang Ilbo reported, stating an unnamed person associated with Air Buzan.
“While the smoke filled the cabin, the passenger sitting near the emergency exit opened the door and opened the flight attendant, allowing others to start evacuating,” the passenger recounted Yonhap, calling the incident “chaotic and scary”.
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