A Jeju Air aircraft crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea on December 29, killing 179 out of the 181 people on board. The crash is believed to have been caused by contact with birds, resulting in malfunctioning landing gear.
Firefighters extinguished a fire on a Jeju Air aircraft which crashed at Muan International Airport in Jeju, South Korea on December 29. The crash is believed to have been caused by contact with birds, resulting in malfunctioning landing gear as the plane attempted to land. The accident happened at 9:07am local time (8:07am Singapore time), when the Jeju Air flight was landing at the airport in South Jeolla Province.
All except two out of the 181 people on board a plane were killed when it went off the runway and slammed into a wall at South Korea’s Muan International Airport on December 29, Yonhap news agency reported. The accident occurred as Jeju Air flight 7C2216, carrying 175 passengers and six crew members on a flight from the Thai capital Bangkok, was landing at the airport in the south of the country, according to BNO News. South Korean news agency Yonhap said the accident happened at 9.07am local time (8.07am Singapore time), when the Jeju Air flight was landing at the airport in South Jeolla Province, about 288km from Seoul. A 33-year-old flight attendant, who was one of only two rescued from the crash, reportedly asked doctors why he was in hospital, reported The Korea Herald. After doctors at Mokpo Hankook Hospital asked him about his condition, he responded with: “What happened? How am I here?” The flight attendant, who has not been named, told doctors that the last thing he remembers is putting on a seatbelt before the landing, thinking the plane had almost landed. He added that he has no recollection of what happened after that, and has injuries to his left shoulder and head
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