A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea after skidding off the runway and colliding with a wall, resulting in an explosion. 181 people were onboard.
Footage of the crash aired by South Korea n television shows the plane skidding across an airstrip at high speed, evidently with its landing gear still closed, and slamming into a wall, triggering an explosion and generating plumes of thick, black smoke.
An official investigation into the cause of the crash is expected to take months as the jet's flight data and cockpit voice recorders are analysed, but authorities have initially mentioned a possible birdstrike as one potential factor in the devastating crash.A plane carrying 181 people, Jeju Air Flight 7C2216, crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea after skidding off the runway and colliding with a wall, resulting in an explosion. The Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air plane arrived from Bangkok and crashed while attempting to land in the town of Muan, about 290 kilometres south of Seoul. The chief of the Muan fire station, Lee Jeong-hyeon, told a televised briefing that the plane was completely destroyed, with only the tail assembly still recognisable in the wreckage. Officials were investigating the cause of the crash, including whether the aircraft was struck by birds, Lee said. The control tower issued a warning about birds to the plane shortly before it intended to land and gave the crew permission to land in a different area, Transport Ministry officials said. The crew sent out a distress signal shortly before the crash, officials said. Aviation expert Professor Ron Bartsch told the Today Show many questions remained unanswered about the cause of the crash.'I suspect that the initial reports that have indicated that birdstrike or weather may have been a contributing factor, but to me, that's pretty unlikely that a birdstrike alone would be sufficient to bring down an aircraft or to foresee landing gear not to be able to be operative,' he said.Smoke billows from the runway after the crash at Muan International Airport in South Kore
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