"On January twenty-eighth, at about 22:30 at Gimhae Airport, the tail section of an Air Bagan plane bound for Hong Kong caught fire. In this regard, all more than 170 passengers of the ship urgently left it. Victims were reportedly avoided," the agency writes.

According to representatives of the emergency services, 169 passengers and seven crew members were on board the plane that caught fire. All 176 people are believed to have successfully evacuated. During the evacuation, two people received minor injuries, their lives are not in danger.

According to Yonhap, firefighters went to the scene immediately after receiving the appropriate signal. The extinguishing of the aircraft continues.

The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. It is only known that the fire broke out in the tail section of the Airbus 321, which was already preparing for takeoff. A witness to the incident told the agency that at first thick smoke came from the tail of the plane, and then the flames quickly began to engulf the entire aircraft. ria.ru.