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.

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.

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.

A flight operated by Air Busan, a South Korean low-cost carrier (LCC), caught fire while waiting for takeoff at Gimhae Airport after a delay of about 20 minutes, authorities said Monday. The delay likely prevented a more serious accident,

Portable power bank in overhead bin suspected to be at fault With speculation rising over the cause of the fire on an Air Busan aircraft carrying 176 people late Tuesday evening, authorities are planning to conduct a joint forensic investigation on Friday with 10 officials from France’s Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety,

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 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 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.

The Airbus A321 plane was engulfed in flames as it prepared to take off for Hong Kong from an airport in Busan, South Korea.

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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.