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Korean Air passengers recall near-disaster at Tokyo airport

All 302 passengers and 17 crew members were evacuated safely from the Korean Air Boeing 77.

By :  dr swati srivastava
Update: 2016-05-28 09:06 GMT
Passengers of a Korean Air plane recalled the terrifying moment one of the aircraft's twin engines caught fire as it was gaining speed for take-off at Tokyo's Haneda airport.
The South Korean transport ministry sent a team of investigators to Japan on Friday to assist the local authorities in determining the cause of the accident.
TV footage showed the plane, which was bound for South Korea's Gimpo International, surrounded by red fire trucks and with the area around its left wing doused in foam.
Kim Byung-Jin, 47, had a bandage over his forehead from a cut he suffered when he bumped into another passenger as they were coming down an evacuation slide.
Another passenger Hwang Kyung-Tae, 59, said the plane screeched to a halt after the explosion.
Crew members calmly led passengers into safety, Keum said.
'As the plane was picking up speed to take off, there was a bang and I saw a plume of black smoke rising from the wing,' Keum Min-Woo, 34, told journalists after the passengers arrived in Seoul on an alternative flight.
All 302 passengers and 17 crew members were evacuated safely from the Korean Air Boeing 777, escaping down the plane's inflatable emergency evacuation slides onto the runway.
All 302 passengers and 17 crew members were evacuated safely from the Korean Air Boeing 77.

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