Catastrophe in the sky: 179 dead at aircraft accident in South Korea!
Catastrophe in the sky: 179 dead at aircraft accident in South Korea!
Muan, Südkorea - On Sunday, January 1, 2025, a devastating aircraft accident occurred in South Korea when a Boeing 737-800 of the cheap airline Jeju Air raced across the runway at the regional airport Muan and crashed into a concrete wall. The accident cost 179 of the 181 passengers and crew members. Two crew members could be rescued from the rubble alive, but the circumstances of the accident remain unclear. The machine was on the way from Bangkok, Thailand, to Muan and reported a collision with birds right in front of the crash landing, such as Zeit.de reported.
The investigation into the incident has already started speed. Just five days after the accident, the authorities started with the rescue of the wreck, in the context of which cranes were used to land the debris. Above all, the investigators examine why the machine's chassis was not folded out when it landed on the fuselage. It is currently also being examined whether the concrete wall at the end of the runway into which the machine crashed has contributed to the severity of the accident. The police carried out searches at Jeju Air and at the Muan airport in order to collect evidence of negligent behavior that might lead to the deaths, according to the reporting of vienna.at .
In addition, investigators from the US security authority NTSB and Boeing take part in the investigations. Both flight writers have been recovered and the data of the cockpit voice recorder have already been transferred. The second flight writer was damaged in the incident and will be further examined in the United States. A comprehensive examination of all Boeing 737-800 machines operated in South Korea was announced by the government because 101 such machines are in use.| Details | |
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