Only two crew members — a man and a woman — have been pulled alive from the tail section of a Jeju Air plane with 181 people on board that crashed after landing at Muan Airport in southwestern South Korea, South Korea’s National News Agency reports. Yonhap citing the fire department.
In other words, the number of victims is expected to reach 179 dead.
Officially, the fire department has counted 85 dead so far, according to the latest report it made public.
The Boeing 737-8AS aircraft had departed from the Thai capital, Bangkok. It crashed after landing and caught fire.
The aircraft was carrying 175 passengers and 6 crew members, including 173 South Koreans and two Thais.
Based on initial information, the crash may have been caused when the aircraft collided with “birds”, which is estimated to have resulted in a “landing system malfunction”, according to information from South Korea’s national news agency Yonhap.
The aircraft ran off the runway and crashed into a fence wall.
According to specialist website FlightRadar, the aircraft was a Boeing 737-8AS of low-cost carrier Jeju Air and had entered service in August 2009.
Footage broadcast by South Korean television networks showed emergency vehicles surrounding the charred wreckage of the plane.
BREAKING: Video capturing the last moments of Jeju Air Flight 2216’s crash in South Korea has emerged. The plane was carrying 175 passengers along with 6 crew members. Current updates show 28 deaths and the successful rescue of two individuals.pic.twitter.com/5Uo1T4ihZI
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| #BREAKING: A BIRD IMPACT COULD TRIGGER THE MUAN CATASTROPHE, CAUSING A FAILURE IN THE LANDING GEAR.
According to Yonhap, a possible bird strike caused the landing gear of Jeju Air Flight 2216 to fail, and undocumented images have been released… pic.twitter.com/xqahCzMn4n
— 𝕄𝕒𝕔𝕋𝕖𝕔𝕙𝐗 (@MacTechX) December 29, 2024
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