December 29, 2024: South Korea plane crash leaves 179 dead, 2 survive

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Fire service officials said the accident was caused by a landing gear malfunction. At least 47 people are confirmed dead after a South Korean airliner crash-landed at the Muan airport in South Korea on Sunday, according to the South Jeolla Fire Service Headquarters. The video footage, broadcast by networks including YTN, JTBC and MBC, showed neither the back nor front landing gear were visible as smoke poured from the back of the sliding aircraft. At least 122 people have been confirmed dead so far, according to the local fire department.

Most of the remaining passengers and crew are presumed dead, according to the fire service. The landing attempt occurred approximately two minutes after the pilot made the mayday call, according to the ministry. Experts told CNN that the plane’s undercarriage – specifically, the wheels used for takeoff and landing – appeared not to have fully deployed before landing.

They’re not supposed to be making any speculation about this type of thing,” Soucie told CNN’s Paula Newton. The CEO of South Korea’s Jeju Air said the aircraft that crashed at Muan International Airport had shown “no signs of issues” prior to Sunday’s accident. The number of survivors remains at two – both crew members, one male and one female – according to the on-site fire service team.

• Just two of the 181 people on board a South Korean airliner survived when the passenger jet crash-landed at an airport in the country’s southwest Sunday morning local time.
• The control tower instructed the plane to land in the opposite direction on runway no.19.
• South Korean fire officials have said there may have been a landing gear malfunction and footage showed the aircraft sliding on its belly.
• South Korea is rated Category 1 in the US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) International Aviation Safety Assessment Program.
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The comments came after Lee Jeong-hyun, the head of the Muan Fire Department, briefed the media that the cause was “estimated to be the occurrence of a bird strike or bad weather”. “We extend our deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones and our thoughts remain with the passengers and crew,” the company added. He added that the aircraft involved in the disaster had no history of accidents. The control tower instructed the plane to land in the opposite direction on runway no.19. The pilot followed the instructions and the plane struck navigation equipment on the ground before crashing into a wall.

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The two survivors — both crew members, one male and one female — were rescued from the plane’s tail section, the only part of the aircraft that retained some of its shape, emergency services said. Just two of the 181 people on board a South Korean airliner survived when the passenger jet crash-landed at an airport in the country’s southwest Sunday morning local time. At least 28 people have died in a plane crash in southwestern South Korea, a local fire department official has told CNN. The South Korean airliner that crashed at the Muan International Airport on Sunday made a mayday call shortly after the control tower warned about birds in the area, 7dnews.com according to a briefing from the Land Ministry.