Three people were injured after an Air Busan aircraft today caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, Zuid -Korea.
According to Yonhap News Agency, all 169 passengers and seven crew members on board the Hong Kong-bound flight were evacuated on an inflatable slide.
Although no injuries were reported initially, fire services later confirmed that three passengers had suffered non-lifferring injuries.
Emergency services said the fire broke out at about 10:26 am local time in the tail of the plane, only a few moments before they take off and quickly spread to the trunk of the plane.
Firefighters arrived on stage at 10.34 pm.
Although emergency services believe that all 176 has been saved on board the vessel, they are still on the plane 'in case' looking for, Yonhap reported.
Dramatic images see smoke from the plane while passengers leave the plane.
Other videos show the plane completely flooded with flames.
An Air Busan plane flew today at Gimhae International Airport in Busan Zuid -Korea
All 169 passengers and seven crew members were safely evacuated
Emergency services tend to the plane
Budget Airline Air Busan is part of Asiana Airlines (020560.ks), New Tab, which was taken over by Korean Air (003490.ks) in December, opens a new tab.
The Inferno arrives a month after the deadliest air disaster of South Korea, when a Jeju Air aircraft that returned from Bangkok crashed on the landing job of Muanairport when it landed an emergency belly, killing all 181 people and crew members on board.
The plane is supposed to have experienced a malfunction in the landing gear during his descent to Muan International Airport, 180 miles south of Seoul, after he left Bangkok on Sunday 29 December.
Angche images broadcast by local MBC TV showed the moment that the plane started to show a sort of explosion from one side when it approached the airport.
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