An Air Busan flight awaiting departure to Hong Kong caught fire at Busan's Gimhae International Airport in southern South Korea. All 176 passengers and crew were evacuated before the flames destroyed the plane.
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00:00A commercial airliner was destroyed by fire at an airport in Busan, South Korea.
00:05The Air Busan flight was awaiting departure to Hong Kong on Tuesday night when it caught
00:10fire.
00:11Flames engulfed the Airbus A321, but authorities say all 176 people on board were safely evacuated.
00:19Investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire.
00:22The incident comes nearly a month after a Jeju Air flight crashed upon landing in South
00:27Korea, killing 179 people on board.