Terrible aircraft accident in South Korea: 62 deaths when crashed in Muan!

A tragic aircraft accident shakes South Korea! This morning around 9:03 a.m. (local time), a Boeing 737 of the low -cost airline Jeju Air crashed into the landing approach to the International Airport Muan. The machine was on the way from Bangkok to South Korea and had 181 people on board, including 175 passengers and six crew members. According to the South Korean Ministry of the Interior, 173 Korean and two Thai citizens are among the passengers. The authorities reported that at least 62 people were killed in this accident, including 25 men and 37 women. There is a possibility that the number of fatalities will increase due to the seriously injured survivors.

like tagesschau.de in a report, a difficult bird strike-the meeting with one or more birds-could have led to a malfunction of the chassis. After this incident, the plane not only came off the runway, but also smashed at the end of the slopes, causing a fire to break out. On dramatic pictures that were shown on local television, you can see how the machine falls onto the runway and immediately opens up in bright flames. The fire brigade mobilized 32 fire trucks and numerous emergency services to extinguish the fire and initiate a rescue operation. A crew member and a passenger could be saved.

Investigations run

The South Korean Ministry of the Interior has initiated an investigation of the accident. The authorities examine whether technical defects or human failure led to this tragic event. Interim President Choi Sang-Mok called in an urgency session to coordinate the ongoing rescue measures. This misfortune marks the first fatal event in the history of Jeju Air, which has been considered one of the largest low -cost airlines in the country since it was founded in 2005. Muan Airport, which was opened in 2007, is about 288 kilometers southwest of the capital Seoul and belongs to a region that is not served by western airlines.