The moment a Jeju Air flight skidded off a runway before crashing into a concrete barrier and bursting into flames at an airport in South Korea was caught on camera. The crash on Sunday killed 179 people on board. Only two survived, a man and a woman who ...
Just two survivors were rescued from the wreckage of the passenger plane, which had been returning from Thailand.
A Jeju Air passenger jet carrying 181 people from Bangkok sped off the runway and burst into flames. Two crew were rescued in what was the country’s worst air disaster in decades.
Two crew members were rescued, and one survivor, who suffered multiple fractures, told doctors: "When I woke up, I'd already been rescued."
A plane carrying 181 people crashed while landing, killing most on board. Officials were investigating a possible malfunction with the landing gear and a bird strike.
A flight operated by Jeju Air crashed at 9:03 a.m. local time on Sunday while the plane was attempting to land at Muan International Airport near the southern tip of South Korea.
A Jeju Air flight drove off the runway in South Korea and collided with a fence, leaving dozens of passengers dead, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
Uncertainty surrounds the deadliest plane crash on South Korean soil, aviation experts said on Sunday, questioning how much impact a potential bird strike cited by authorities could have had in bringing down the Jeju Air flight.
Officials are investigating the cause of the deadliest aircraft crash in South Korean history, which killed 179 people.
By Ju-min Park, Hongji Kim and Hyunsu Yim MUAN COUNTY, South Korea (Reuters) -The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway,
The Jeju Air plane, which was carrying 181 people, veered off the runway and into a wall before bursting into flames. Two crew members pulled from the wreckage were the only survivors, with 179 people now confirmed dead.