This week, 217 people lost their lives in two plane crashes in Kazakhstan and South Korea. The latest case is from Muan in South Korea, where the plane crashed during landing due to a fault in the gear box. According to news agency AP, there were 181 people in the plane, including 175 passengers and 6 crew members. Of these, 179 died. At the same time, 38 people died in the plane crash in Kazakhstan. In the year 2024, 8 major plane crashes took place, in which 402 people have lost their lives. Most of the accidents occurred due to bad weather or a fault in the plane’s engine. In one such accident, many leaders including Iran’s President Ibrahim Raisi died. Know about the 8 plane crashes that happened this year… 24 January: 74 killed in Russian military plane crash
The first major plane crash this year took place in January in Russia’s Belgorod region. 74 people were killed in this accident. During the accident, there were 65 Ukrainian prisoners and 9 Russian crew members in the plane. After the incident, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the Ukrainian missile had hit the plane, while Ukraine called it a Russian conspiracy. Read full news… March 12: Plane accident in Ivanovo, Russia
A cargo plane Ilyushin IL-76 crashed in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. 15 people died in this accident. These included 7 passengers and 8 crew members. The accident was caused by a fire in one of the engines of the plane. May 19: Iranian President’s helicopter crash
In May this year, the helicopter of Iran’s President Ibrahim Raisi crashed due to bad weather. In this accident, 9 people including President Ibrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hussain Amirabdollahian died. There were 3 helicopters in the Iranian President’s convoy and 2 of these helicopters reached a safe place. The helicopter met with an accident while crossing the mountainous area in dense fog. The accident took place near the border town of Jolfa in Azerbaijan, which is 600 km from the Iranian capital Tehran. Read full news… 10 June: Malawi’s Vice President dies in plane crash
Vice President of the African country Malawi, Saulos Klaus Chilima, died in a plane crash. The wreckage of the Vice President’s plane, which went missing on June 10, was found, none of the 9 people on board survived. Bad weather was said to be the reason behind the accident. Read full news… 24 July: Nepal plane crash
On 24 July 2024, a Saurya Airlines plane crashed at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, while going to Pokhara. The 9N-AME plane belonged to Saurya Airlines. 18 people lost their lives in this accident. It met with an accident shortly after taking off from Tribhuvan Airport at around 11 am. Of the people killed, 17 were Saurya Airlines staff, while the other two were crew members. This 21-year-old plane was being taken for testing after repair. Read full news… 9 August: 62 people died in Brazil accident
On 9 August, Voypass 2283 flight crashed in Vinhedo city of Sao Paulo state of Brazil. All 62 people on board the plane died in this accident. It was a domestic Brazilian passenger flight. The investigation into the causes of the plane crash is still going on. Read full news… 25 December: 38 people died in Azerbaijan plane crash
A passenger plane crashed in Aktau, Kazakhstan on 25 December. 38 people died in this accident. There were 62 passengers and 5 crew members in the plane. The plane was going from Azerbaijan to Grozny, the capital of Russia’s Chechnya province, but it had to make an emergency landing about 3 km from the Kazakh city of Aktau. During this, the plane crashed and split into two pieces, after which it caught fire. Russian President Putin apologized for the plane crash. He told the President of Azerbaijan that he was sorry that the accident happened in his airspace. Read the full news… 29 December: Plane crash in South Korea, 179 people died
Jeju Air plane crashed at Muan Airport in South Korea. There were 181 people in the plane, including 175 passengers and 6 crew members. 179 bodies have been recovered, while 2 people have been rescued. The plane was coming from Bangkok and was about to land at the airport, but due to a fault in the landing gear, the wheels of the plane did not open. The plane was belly landed in an emergency. After this the accident happened. Read the full news… ——————————————– Read this news related to plane crash as well… Putin apologizes for Azerbaijan plane crash, did not take responsibility: Russian official said – the plane was in our airspace at the time of retaliation on Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized for the plane crash in Azerbaijan. Putin told the President of Azerbaijan that he is sorry that the accident happened in their airspace. Read the full news…
