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 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.

Preliminary investigation into the Air Busan Airbus A321 fire at Gimhae has not found evidence of dangerous items brought on board the twinjet, and no immediate indication that the blaze was terrorism-related.

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

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.

Authorities held a meeting Thursday on how to conduct a probe into an Air Busan passenger plane that caught fire at a Korean airport earlier this week amid safety concerns, the land ministry said.

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.

SEOUL: South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Jan 29 dispatched officials and set up an emergency response team to investigate the cause of a fire that broke out on an Air Busan flight on Tuesday (Jan 28) evening.