A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 skidded off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea, killing at least 47 people. Footage shows the plane colliding with a wall and bursting into flames. The aircraft was traveling from Bangkok to Seoul.
Emergency services extinguish a fire in the wreckage of a Jeju Air plane that skidded off the runaway and crashed at Muan international airport in South Korea , on Sunday morning.Emergency services extinguish a fire in the wreckage of a Jeju Air plane that skidded off the runaway and crashed at Muan international airport in South Korea , on Sunday morning.
Thick plumes of smoke could be seen rising into the sky after the crash. Some photos showed fire engulfing parts of the aircraft. The plane may have suffered a bird strike that caused the landing gear to fail, according to Yonhap. The flight had reportedly attempted one landing before being forced to “go-around” when the landing gear failed to lower normally.Wreckage of the Jeju Air plane burns at Muan international airport after it came of the runway on Sunday morning.Rescue workers were attempting to help passengers who had been seated towards the rear of the aircraft, an airport official told Reuters.
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