A Jeju Air flight crashes at Muan International Airport in South Korea, killing 179 people and leaving only two crew members alive. The plane skidded off the runway and burst into flames, causing immense grief and rage among the victims' families.
MUAN COUNTY, South Korea — Jeon Je-young keeps playing the video of the plane with his daughter and another 180 people on board slamming into a wall and bursting into flames at a South Korea n airport.His daughter Mi-sook died on board. He still can't believe it.'When I saw the accident video, the plane seemed out of control,' said 71-year-old Jeon. 'The pilots probably had no choice but to do it. My daughter, who is only in her mid-40s, ended up like this. This is unbelievable.
'Mi-sook was a warm-hearted child, he said. She brought some food and next year's calendar to his house on Dec. 21, which became his last brief moment with her.'She is much nicer than my son, sometimes asking me to go out for a meal,' Jeon recalled, showing his last exchanges with his daughter on his mobile phone.The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway, erupting in a fireball at the Muan International Airport.Jeju Air flight 7C2216, arriving from the Thai capital Bangkok with 175 passengers and six crew on board, was seen skidding down the runway with no visible landing gear before crashing into navigation equipment and a wall in an explosion of flames and debris.Only two people—both crew members—survived and were being treated for injuries. Mi-sook was a warm-hearted child, her father said. She brought some food and next year's calendar to his house on Dec. 21, which became his last brief moment with her. Reuters video Grief and rageAuthorities called out the names of some of those killed in the crash, triggering an explosion of grief and rage among the passengers' families gathered in the airport's arrival area.They screamed, wept and collapsed on the floor of the terminal where their loved ones had been due to return home.Crime scene investigators collected saliva swaps from families to run DNA tests to identify the victim
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