A passenger plane has caught fire before takeoff at an airport in South Korea, but all 176 people on board have been safely evacuated.
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The plane’s 169 passengers, six crewmembers and one engineer were evacuated using an escape slide, the ministry said. The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately known. The Transport Ministry said the plane is an A321 model.
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