Busan A321 at Busan on Jan 28th 2025, fire during departure preparations

Last Update: January 29, 2025 / 21:47:14 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 28, 2025

Classification
Accident

Airline
Air Busan

Flight number
BX-391

Destination
Hong Kong, China

Aircraft Registration
HL7763

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

An Air Busan Airbus A321-200, registration HL7763 performing flight BX-391 from Busan (South Korea) to Hong Kong (China) with 169 passengers and 6 crew and one maintenance engineer, was being pushed back while preparing for departure from Busan when a fire broke out in the back of the cabin. The push back was stopped, and the aircraft was evacuated via slides resulting in 4 minor injuries. The fire was extinguished about 75 minutes later, however, the fire had already broken through the crown of the aircraft. The aircraft was destroyed.

South Korea's Ministry of Transport reported emergency services were doing everything they could to save the A321-200 HL-7763 flight BX-391. The exact cause of the fire is being investigated.

On Jan 29th 2025 the French BEA stated they are joining the investigation led by the South Korean ARAIB.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 28, 2025

Classification
Accident

Airline
Air Busan

Flight number
BX-391

Destination
Hong Kong, China

Aircraft Registration
HL7763

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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