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.

South Korean officials are launching an investigation into the cause of the fire that engulfed an Air Busan passenger plane, with eyewitness accounts suggesting a power bank may have sparked the blaze.

All passengers were safely evacuated when fire ripped through an Air Busan Airbus with 176 on board in South Korea on Tuesday. Newsweek reached out to Airbus and Air Busan for comment via email on Wednesday.

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.

An Airbus plane operated by Air Busan caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in South Korea while preparing to depart for Hong Kong. All passengers and crew were evacuated safely, though three sustained minor injuries.

At least three people were injured as an airplane caught fire at an airport in South Korea late Tuesday, Yonhap news reported. Fire authorities said the Air Busan plane bound for Hong Kong from Gimhae International Airport in Busan, some 320 kilometers southeast of Seoul, caught fire at its tail before takeoff.

Fire breaks out on an Air Busan A321 bound for Hong Kong at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea. At around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a fire broke out in the tail section of the aircraft. All 170 passengers and crew evacuated, and there were no casualties,… pic.twitter.com/GqzIkrUx85

An Airbus A321 operated by South Korea’s Air Busan caught fire at Gimhae International Airport on Tuesday night while preparing for a flight to Hong Kong, fire authorities reported.

Airline passengers should ensure their power banks are in good condition and from reputable brands before boarding flights, experts have warned, after a charging device was suspected to have caused a fire on board an aircraft preparing for departure from South Korea to Hong Kong.

The aviation and railway accident investigation board under the ministry held the meeting with local police, firefighting agencies and the National Forensic Service on Thursday to discuss how to ensure safety in conducting a joint probe, as 35,000 pounds of fuel was stored at the wings of the plane.

SEOUL: With speculation rising over the cause of the fire on an Air Busan aircraft carrying 176 people late Tuesday (Jan 28) evening, authorities are planning to conduct a joint forensic investigation on Friday (Jan 31) with 10 officials from France’s Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety,