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Busan airport: South Korea plane fire causes mass evacuation

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The fire on board the Air Busan plane Gimhae International Airport began at about 22:26 local time (13:26 GMT) on Tuesday, Yonhap news agency said, citing South Korea’s fire authorities.

It said that firefighters arrived at the scene eight minutes later.

Photos later emerged showing the burning aircraft being doused with water.

There were 169 passengers and seven crew on board the plane.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

Air Busan is a budget airline, whose parent company is Asiana Airlines.

Busan’s airport is located about 315km (195 miles) south-east of the capital, Seoul.


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