
The Air Busan airplane, caught hearth on the airport in Busan earlier than takeoff this Tuesday / Yonhap
Authorities determined to start a joint investigation of a fire-destroyed Air Busan airplane early subsequent week, officers mentioned Friday, after finishing security checks on a considerable amount of gas that’s nonetheless saved on the wings of the airplane.
The joint probe into the Air Busan Airbus airplane, which is on the tarmac at Gimhae Worldwide Airport, can be performed subsequent Monday, in line with officers on the transportation ministry.
The Air Busan airplane sure for Hong Kong caught hearth on the airport within the southern metropolis of Busan earlier than takeoff. All 176 individuals on board had been safely evacuated utilizing an escape slide, although seven suffered minor accidents.
„It was decided that the probe could possibly be safely carried out with out eradicating the gas after conducting security checks on the gas tank and system,“ mentioned an official on the ministry’s investigation board.
The reason for the blaze was not but identified, although some raised the potential for the hearth having been brought on by a conveyable battery or different objects saved in an overhead bin.
The incident passed off lower than a month after a Jeju Air passenger airplane crashed at Muan Worldwide Airport, killing all however two of the 181 individuals on board. It was the worst aviation catastrophe on Korean soil. (Yonhap)