A Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea, resulting in the deaths of 179 people. Only two crew members survived the accident. Investigators are looking into the possibility of a bird strike causing a malfunction in the plane's landing gear.
Only two crew members survived after the Boeing 737-800 skidded off the runway at Muan International airport. Firefighters and rescue teams work at the wreckage of a passenger plane at Muan International Airport . South Korea has been left in mourning after 179 people were killed on Sunday in the worst civil aviation disaster in the country’s history.
The 737-800 Jeju Air plane skidded off the runway at Muan International Airport as it attempted to land, before slamming into a wall and bursting into flames. Health officials said the two survivors, cabin staff who have not been identified, are conscious and not in life-threatening condition. A three-year-old boy is the youngest victim of the accident. Footage of the crash shown on South Korean television channels showed the plane skidding across the airstrip at high speed with its landing gear still closed. 179 people, including all passengers were killed after the plane crash landed. Firefighters and rescue personnel work near the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport. Officials investigating the crash are examining if a bird strike caused a malfunction with the jet’s landing gear. A South Korea transport ministry official said after the control tower warned the pilots that a bird may collide with the aircraft, they declared mayday, before attempting to land on the runway from the opposite direction. One passenger sent a relative a message shortly before the crash saying that a bird was stuck in the wing, according to the South Korea’s News1 agency. Other footage has also emerged which shows an explosion in the plane’s right engines as it descends for landing. The crash was not due to “any maintenance issues”, however, the head of Jeju Air’s management team said
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