A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea, killing all but two of the 181 passengers and crew on board. The cause of the crash is currently under investigation, with officials initially blaming a bird strike. South Korea has ordered a comprehensive inspection of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by domestic carriers.
All 175 passengers and four of the six crew were killed when a Jeju Air plane belly-landed at Muan International Airport , erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall. The plane was carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea when it made a mayday call and belly-landed before crashing into a barrier and bursting into flames. Everyone on board Jeju Air Flight 2216 was killed, save two flight attendants pulled from the wreckage.
South Korea ordered on Monday a'comprehensive inspection' of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country's carriers, after United States air safety officials and staff from the beleaguered aircraft maker Boeing were arriving to join investigators probing the worst air disaster on South Korean soil. Officials initially blamed the crash on a collision with birds. Buddhist monks from the Jogye sect's Social and Labour Committee mourn for the victims of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft that crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, on Dec 30, 2024. Acting President Choi Sang-mok, who has only been in office since Friday, said the government was making'every effort' to identify victims and support bereaved families. Choi, an unelected bureaucrat who became acting president after his two predecessors were impeached, said a'thorough investigation into the cause of the accident' would be conducted. He also said South Korea would conduct'an urgent safety inspection of the overall aircraft operation system' to prevent future aviation disasters
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