Investigators cautious of jet fuel still aboard wrecked South Korean plane

A significant amount of fuel and oxygen is still on board, according to an official with knowledge of the atmosphere fall research, slowed down an Air Busan plane’s research into a blaze that engulfed it this week at a North Korean airport.

Authorities conducted a risk management assessment on Friday ( Jan 31 ) before conducting a thorough investigation of the destroyed Airbus A321ceo aircraft at Busan’s Gimhae International Airport.

A flight attendant first discovered the fire on Tuesday at around 10.15 p.m. in an overhead bag bin on the plane’s back left-hand side, according to an Air Busan spokesperson.

After the fire broke out, all 169 people and seven crew members were evacuated using crisis presentations, with only a few slight injuries, according to Air Busan.

The incident occurred one month after the most fatal weather accident ever to occur on North Korean ground when a Jeju Air helicopter crashed on the airport of Muan Airport during an crisis belly landing, killing all but two of the 181 passengers on board.