A Jeju Air flight from Bangkok to South Korea crashed upon landing at Muan International Airport, resulting in at least 85 fatalities. Two survivors were rescued from the wreckage. The cause of the crash is believed to be a combination of a bird strike and adverse weather conditions.
A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, killing at least 85, emergency services said. Two survivors—one crew and one passenger—were plucked from the wreckage as part of an ongoing rescue operation. Video shared by the local MBC broadcaster showed the Jeju Air plane landing at Muan International Airport’s runway, with smoke streaming out from the engines, before the entire aircraft was quickly engulfed in flames.
The cause of the accident is presumed to be a bird strike combined with adverse weather conditions. However, the exact cause will be announced following a joint investigation, said Lee Jeong-hyun, chief of Muan fire station. In its latest update of the rescue operation, the National Fire Agency said: ‘So far, two rescued and 85 dead.’ Lee Hyeon-ji, a response team officer at the local fire department, had earlier warned that ‘the tally could rise due to the critically injured.’ A photo showed the tail section of the plane—a Boeing 737-8AS according to Flight Radar—engulfed in flames on what appeared to be the side of the runway, with firefighters and emergency vehicles nearby. The Muan International Airport is in Muan county, which is about 288 kilometers (179 miles) southwest of Seoul. The accident took place at 9:03 am (8:03 am in Manila) on Sunday during the landing of Jeju Air Flight 2216, the Ministry of Land said. The initial fire was extinguished and a search and rescue operations was ‘under way at the crash site,’ it said in a statement at around 11:00 am local
PLANE CRASH SOUTH KOREA MUAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BIRD STRIKE ADVERSE WEATHER
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