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An Air Busan plane caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday (Jan 28) while preparing for departure to Hong Kong.

All 169 passengers and seven crew members were evacuated, with one person with a minor injury taken to hospital, fire authorities said.

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00:00An Air Busan plane caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday
00:09while preparing for departure to Hong Kong.
00:12All 169 passengers and seven crew members were evacuated, with one person with a minor
00:18injury taken to hospital.
00:20Authorities said the fire started inside the plane.
00:23South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said it began in the plane's tail.
00:28Airbus Airline Air Busan is part of South Korea's Asiana Airlines, which in December
00:33was acquired by Korean Air.
00:35The plane is an Airbus A321 model, according to Flightradar24 tracking data.
00:41Planemaker Airbus said it is aware of reports about the incident, and it is liaising with
00:46Air Busan.
00:47The incident took place a month since a Jeju Air plane overshot Muan Airport's runway
00:53killing all but two of the 181 people and crew members on board.
00:58Authorities are still trying to determine what caused the deadliest air disaster on
01:02South Korean soil.
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