Portable feed bank suspected of being the origin of the Busan air fire

The recent incident of an Air Busan airplane taking fire to Gimhae airport during the preparation to take off was probably caused by the portable food bank of a passenger, according to managers of the passengers and the ‘Air Busan.

On January 28, KST, around 10:15 p.m., the plane, an Airbus A321-200, caught fire in its tail while it was preparing to take off for Hong Kong. According to passengers on board, a “Sound crackled “ Was heard in the air luggage compartment, followed by smoke.

The Internal Air Busan probe on the incidence is aligned with the memory of the passengers. A on-board on-board agent would also have said that the fire was probably from the air bin above the row seats 28.

Despite the testimonies, it remains to determine what caused such fatal fire to swallow the plane. However, that did not prevent the Air Busan officials from telling the media that the fire seemed to have been “caused by the portable food bank of a passenger, tablet inside the air bin. »»

If the electricity bank is indeed the possible cause of the fire, it would not be the first incident of the genre. In April of last year, an overheated electricity bank in an aerial compartment began to produce smoke in an Asiana Airlines flight carrying 273 passengers. The on -board agents turned off the device before taking fire. In December of last year, another Busan air flight experienced a similar incident with the on -board agents immediately turning off the electric bank before takeoff.

A joint judicial inquiry was scheduled for January 31, KST, to determine what caused the air Busan flight to Hong Kong and its starting point. Before that, on Thursday, January 30, the Ministry of Lands, Infrastructure and Transport, the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency, the head office of Busan, and the National Forensic Service held a joint security check -in meeting to discuss Security measures while investigating the site. Since the wings of the plane are still loaded with 15,875 kg of aviation fuel, necessary measures must be taken to avoid other accidents.

After a first inspection of the site on January 29, the KST, the ministry of lands, infrastructure and transport announced that there was no indication of terrorism found. However, they added that these are only preliminary results, and the possibility of terrorism is still on the table until the probe is concluded.

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