Tragic misfortune in Muan: 179 dead when emergency landing a Boeing 737!

Tragic misfortune in Muan: 179 dead when emergency landing a Boeing 737!

A devastating aircraft accident shaked South Korea: On Sunday morning, a Boeing 737-800 of the Jeju Air, Bangkok's low-cost airline landed at Muan International Airport, although the chassis was not folded down. The machine crashed into a wall and went up in flames, as the Yonhap news agency reports. Tragically, 179 people were killed, including 175 passengers and six crew members. Only two flight attendants survived the inferno and are not in mortal danger. The misfortune has been one of the most severe in recent years and provides dismay in the whole country, as nd-aktuell.de reports.

bird strike as a possible cause of the accident

First investigations indicate that a bird strike has led to the fatal incident. According to reports, the tower in Muan had warned the pilots shortly before the accident. Visual smoke and bright noises from the engines were also reported. The chances of survival for the passengers were extremely low after the machine was slept beyond the runway on the crash landing. Several corpses were recovered from the wreck, while the fire brigade was employed with extinguishing work hours after the accident. The unfortunate circumstances of the accident made the Situation at the airport at the airport: all flights were deleted, and relatives desperately waited for information about their missing.

The executive President Choi Sang Mok ordered comprehensive rescue measures and emphasized the importance of a thorough examination of the causes of the accident. In the meantime, the US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has contacted Jeju Air to offer support. The South Korean airline publicly apologized for the tragedy and promised to make all efforts to clarify the circumstances. On the southwest of the country, where the misfortune happened, grief and shock are tangible, while the names and birth data of the victims are given in the news, which did not survive the misfortune, as also of