Jeju Air plane crashed at Muan Airport in South Korea. According to news agency AP, there were 181 people in the plane including 175 passengers and 6 crew members. 179 people have died in this accident. The rescue team saved 2 people alive. All the bodies have been removed from the plane. Among the dead are 84 men and 85 women. So far 10 bodies have not been identified. This accident happened on Sunday morning at 5:37 am (local time 9:07 am) according to Indian time. This plane coming from Thailand’s capital Bangkok was about to land at the airport, but due to a fault in the landing gear, the wheels of the plane did not open. Belly landing of the plane was done in emergency. In this, the body of the plane directly hits the runway. During this, the plane slid on the runway and hit the boundary wall of the airport. It caught fire with a blast. Meanwhile, Reuters has reported that before the accident, an alert of a bird hitting the plane was sent by the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) of Muan Airport. This could also be one of the reasons for the failure of the plane’s landing gear. 4 pictures of the burning plane… Tried to land twice, accident on the second time
The plane of Jeju Airlines that crashed was a 737-800 plane of the American company Boeing. The plane tried twice to land at the airport. The plane could not land the first time due to the landing gear not opening. After this, the plane circled the airport once. The pilot decided to belly land the plane without landing gear for the second time. According to many media reports, it is being claimed that a bird hit the wing of the plane. Due to this, the landing gear got damaged and could not open while landing. It took 43 minutes to extinguish the fire, by then the plane was completely burnt
The fire officer of Muan Airport, while talking to news agency Reuters, said that the fire in the plane has been controlled. However, it took 43 minutes to extinguish the fire. At present, rescue operations are going on at the crash site. Most of the people were in the rear part of the plane, efforts are being made to take them out from there. Among the passengers on the plane, there were 173 South Koreans and 2 Thai citizens. According to media reports, both the survivors are crew members. Out of the 179 bodies found so far, 88 have been identified. 4 pictures of the rescue… Jeju Air CEO apologized for the accident
Jeju Air CEO Kim E-Bae has expressed grief over the accident and apologized to the people. Kim said, “Whatever is the reason behind the accident, I take full responsibility as CEO.” The company said that it is making every possible effort for relief and rescue. According to company officials, the plane was operational for the last 15 years. This plane has never crashed before. At present, there is a possibility of failure of landing gear due to bird collision. Operations at the airport were stopped after the accident. All local and international flights were cancelled. Plane skidded off runway in Canada, wing caught fire
In Canada, on Saturday night (8 am Sunday as per Indian time), a passenger plane skidded while landing at Halifax Airport. While landing, a part of the plane tilted towards the runway. This caused the wing of the plane to catch fire. However, there was no loss of life or property. A plane had crashed in Kazakhstan 4 days ago
On December 25, a plane going from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near Aktau Airport in Kazakhstan. There were 67 people including 5 crew members on board the plane. Out of these, 38 people died. The plane was to reach Grozny from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Read the full news here… ——————————————– 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 here…
