Firefighters carry out extinguishing operations on an aircraft which drove off runaway at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Jeolla Province, South Korea , December 29, 2024.
The Jeju Air plane, which was carrying 175 passengers and six flight attendants, was flying back from Thailand and the accident took place while it was landing, according to Yonhap news agency SEOUL, South Korea – At least 28 people were dead on Sunday, December 29, after an airliner went off the runway and crashed at South Korea’s Muan International Airport, Yonhap news agency reported. The accident occurred as the Jeju Air plane, carrying 175 passengers and six crew on a flight from Thailand, was landing at the airport in the south of the country, the report said.Authorities were working to rescue people in the tail section, an airport official told Reuters.Acting President Choi Sung-mok, who was named interim leader of the country on Friday after the previous acting president was impeached amid an ongoing political crisis, ordered all-out rescue efforts, his office said
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