Aircraft accident in South Korea: 28 deaths in disaster at Muan Airport

Aircraft accident in South Korea: 28 deaths in disaster at Muan Airport

Muan, Südkorea - A tragic misfortune occurred at Muan International Airport in South Korea when a passenger aircraft of the Korean cheap airline Jeju Air from Bangkok crashed with 181 people on board when landing. The Boeing 737-8AS overflows the runway and crashed into a fence, which led to a devastating fire. At least 28 people were killed on Sunday morning (local time), and the number of victims could still increase, as ZDF reported. Three people could be recovered during the rescue campaigns that occurred immediately after the incident.

The machine was scheduled to land shortly after 9 a.m. (local time) when the accident occurred. A short -term video shows how the aircraft slips over the runway without a fold -out chassis and finally rises in flames. The fire brigade was quickly on site and hired the extinguishing work, while the search for surviving passengers began, such as vienna.at to report. It is believed that a bird strike, i.e. a collision with birds, could have led to the chassis to the serious incident.

Details on the catastrophe

The Muan Airport, 300 kilometers from Seoul, was opened in 2007 and is not flew by western airlines. The tragedy happened in the middle of a political crisis, which prompted the executive President Choi Sang-Mok to arrange extensive rescue measures. In pictures that were taken from a great distance, massive swaths of smoke over the accident area were to be seen, accompanied by intensive extinguishing work from the fire brigade. The accident caused dismay in South Korea, while the investigation into the exact cause of the accident was initiated.