A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crashed at Muan International Airport, killing 179 people. Two crew members survived.
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 . 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 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. Crash investigators are looking into all options including 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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