No less than 179 individuals have been killed after a passenger aircraft skidded and crashed whereas attempting to land at Muan Worldwide Airport in South Korea in one of many nation’s worst aviation disasters.
The accident occurred on Sunday at 9:03am native time (00:03 GMT) because the Jeju Air flight, carrying 175 passengers and 6 crew from the Thai capital Bangkok, landed at Muan Worldwide Airport about 290km (180 miles) southwest of the capital Seoul.
The Nationwide Fireplace Company confirmed that 179 individuals – 85 ladies, 84 males and 10 others whose genders weren’t instantly identifiable – have been killed, and two individuals have been rescued – each crew members. The company stated the fireplace that engulfed the aircraft had been extinguished.
each black packing containers that comprise flight information and voice recordings from the cockpit have been recovered on the scene and might be examined by authorities specialists, the transport ministry stated.
Emergency crews are dealing with the troublesome process of figuring out victims, a lot of whom died within the ferocious
hearth after the crash. It’s identified, that almost all might be from this southwest nook of the Korean Peninsula
and would have been returning dwelling from Christmas trip.
Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride studies from Muan, South Korea.
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