A passenger plane has caught fire before takeoff at an airport in South Korea, but all 176 people on board have been safely evacuated.

The fire broke out in the back of the cabin, officials said. All 176 people on board, including passengers and crew members, were evacuated, some with minor injuries.

Concerns were raised about whether Air Busan’s crew had followed standard safety procedures. Read more at straitstimes.com.

An Air Busan Airbus A321 burst into flames at Busan Gimhae Airport (PUS) after the aircraft’s tail caught fire before takeoff, according to Yonhap News.

The testimonies of some passengers suggest the fire broke out at an overhead compartment. Read more at straitstimes.com.

An Airbus plane belonging to South Korean carrier Air Busan caught fire on Tuesday at Gimhae International Airport in the country's south while preparing for departure to Hong Kong, fire authorities said.

An Air Busan plane caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in Busan in South Korea on Tuesday and all 169 passengers and seven crew members evacuated without casualties, Yonhap news agency reported,

Seven people sustained mostly minor injuries in yesterday’s airplane fire in South Korea, authorities said today, with local media suggesting the blaze may

The incident comes in the wake of 179 people dying when a plane skidded off a runway at a different airport in the country last month.

South Korean authorities on Thursday retrieved black boxes from an Air Busan passenger plane that caught fire at a South Korean airport earlier this week, as they sought safety measures in the run-up to launching a probe,

An investigation into a fire that engulfed an Air Busan plane at a South Korean airport this week is being slowed by a large amount of fuel and oxygen still on board, an air crash investigation official told Reuters.