Plane crash in South Korea: Jeju Air plane crashes at Muan Airport in South Korea. According to news agency AP, there were 181 people in the plane including 175 passengers and 6 crew members. 177 bodies have been recovered.
Two people were saved alive by the rescue team. The remaining 3 passengers are feared dead. Among those who died, 82 were men and 84 were women. 11 dead bodies have not been identified yet.
Plane crash in South Korea
Plane crash in South Korea: The accident occurred at 5:37 am Indian time (9:07 am local time) on Sunday. The plane coming from Bangkok was about to land at the airport, but due to a fault in the landing gear, the wheels of the plane did not open.
Belly landing of the plane was done in emergency. In this the body of the plane hits the runway directly. During this, the plane slipped on the runway and collided with the boundary wall of the airport. It caught fire with an explosion.
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Here Reuters has reported that before the accident, an alert was sent from the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) of Muan Airport about bird collision with the plane. This could also be a reason for a malfunction in the landing gear of the plane.
Tried landing twice, accident the second time
Plane crash in South Korea: The plane of Jeju Airlines that crashed was a 737-800 plane of American company Boeing. The plane tried twice to land at the airport. The plane could not land the first time because the landing gear did not open. After this the plane circled the airport.
For the second time, the pilot decided to belly land the plane without landing gear. According to many media reports, it is being claimed that the bird collided with the wing of the plane. Due to this the landing gear got damaged and could not open while landing.
The fire was out after 43 minutes, completely destroying the aircraft.
Plane crash in South Korea: Muan Airport’s fire officer informed the news agency Reuters that the aircraft fire has been contained. However, it required 43 minutes to fully extinguish the flames. Currently, rescue operations are underway at the crash site.
The majority of individuals were located at the rear of the aircraft, and efforts are being made to extract them. Among the passengers were 173 South Koreans and 2 Thai nationals, with reports indicating that both survivors are crew members.
Jeju Air CEO apologizes over accident
Plane crash in South Korea: Jeju Air CEO Kim E-bae has expressed grief over the accident and apologized to the people. Kim said, “Whatever the reason behind the accident, I take full responsibility as CEO.”
The company said that it is making every possible effort for relief and rescue. According to company officials, the aircraft was operational for the last 15 years. This plane has never crashed before. At present, there is a possibility of failure of the landing gear due to bird collision.
After the accident, operations at the airport were stopped. All local and international flights were cancelled.
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