Busan A321 at Busan on Jan 28th 2025, fire during departure preparations
Last Update: March 4, 2025 / 17:46:35 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 28, 2025
Classification
Accident
Airline
Air Busan
Flight number
BX-391
Departure
Busan, South Korea
Destination
Hong Kong, China
Aircraft Registration
HL7763
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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.
On Mar 4th 2025 South Korea's ARAIB released their preliminary report in English summarizing the sequence of events:
At 22:04, HL7763 closed its entry door and was on standby at the ramp to depart to Hong Kong International Airport; the ramp controller informed HL7763 that the expected pushback was rescheduled for 22:33 due to en-route separation.
The captain then informed a ground agent to prepare the pushback at 22:30 and announced this delay to the passengers after a cabin safety briefing.
At 22:14, an "LAV Smoke" warning appeared in the cockpit. Shortly after, a cabin crew reported to the captain a fire in the rear of the cabin, and the captain ordered the cabin manager to proceed with emergency evacuation.
At 22:15, the captain ordered the passengers and crew to "Evacuate, Evacuate" and performed an emergency evacuation checklist with the co-pilot. He then notified the air traffic control unit about the passenger evacuation due to a fire.
The captain was the last to evacuate from the aircraft after checking all passengers had done so.
At 22:17, fire trucks arrived at the scene and confirmed that all passengers and the crew had evacuated. Fire suppression operations began at 22:20 and were completed at 23:31.
The ARAIB reported under findings:
A rear overhead cabin of HL7763 caught fire after passenger boarding was completed and the entry door closed. As the smoke and flame rapidly spread after the fire was first acknowledged, the crew members performed an emergency evacuation.
Emergency evacuation was performed using 7 emergency slides deployed from each door, except for the R1 door.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 28, 2025
Classification
Accident
Airline
Air Busan
Flight number
BX-391
Departure
Busan, South Korea
Destination
Hong Kong, China
Aircraft Registration
HL7763
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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