On the 28th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has launched an investigation into the fire incident involving an AIR BUSAN passenger plane that occurred while preparing for takeoff at Gimhae International Airport.
According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and others on the 29th, the Aviation Railway Accident Investigation Committee (ARAC) dispatched three researchers to the scene immediately after the accident at 10:15 p.m. the previous day. A decision on the scale of additional dispatches among the total of nine researchers is expected to be made in the morning.
ARAC defines instances of 'serious damage or structural failure of an aircraft'—like this case—as 'aircraft accidents' and investigates them in circumstances where passengers die or are seriously injured during operations.
ARAC plans to first recover the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the HL7763 aircraft (A321-200 model) where the fire occurred and analyze the contents.
It also plans to determine the cause of the fire by compiling testimonies from the passengers and the aircraft's operational records, focusing on where the fire started inside the tail section of the plane.
ARAC stated, 'We will proceed with the investigation of the Jeju Air passenger plane accident that occurred last month at Muan International Airport and this accident simultaneously without any setbacks.'