Seoul: 2024 is giving us scary memories as we approach. A major plane accident occurred at Muan Airport in South Korea on Sunday morning. The plane returning from Bangkok with 181 passengers including crew members turned into a ball on the runway while landing. According to the information so far, 29 have died in this accident. The number of casualties is expected to increase. According to the report of news agency AFP, two passengers have been rescued so far. In the viral video of this accident, it is seen that after landing, the plane keeps moving on the runway and then goes ahead and collides with the wall. After this the plane turns into a ball of fire. This is the second plane accident in the last five days. On December 25, an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed in Kazakhstan.
Big things about plane crash
- There were 181 people including crew members on board the plane
- Of the 181 people, 175 were passengers and 6 were crew members.
- The accident happened at Muan Airport in South Korea
- According to Yonhap News Agency, the incident occurred in South Jeolla province.
- Jeju Air flight number 2216 was returning from Thailand.
- There is also news of some passengers being rescued in this plane crash.
- According to the agency, bird collision could also be the reason for the accident.
We have so far confirmed the death of 29 people in the accident. But this number may increase due to seriously injured people.
two people were rescued
South Korea’s fire agency said on Sunday that so far one flight attendant and one passenger have been rescued after the plane crashed. There were 181 people on board the plane. “At present, two people have been rescued, including a passenger and a flight attendant,” the national fire agency said in a statement. Additionally, the agency also said that 32 fire engines and dozens of firefighters have been deployed to the accident site at Muan Airport.
Due to this the accident happened
The emergency office told the Associated Press that a landing gear failure caused the crash. The accident is believed to have been caused by ‘bird contact, resulting in landing gear failure.’ Acting President Choi Sang-mok has called for mobilizing all resources to rescue the passengers. “All concerned agencies should mobilize all available resources to rescue the personnel,” he directed officials in a statement.
Second major plane crash in a week
This week itself, on Wednesday, a passenger plane going from Kazakhstan to Russia with 110 passengers on board crashed near the airport in Aktau city. Due to this accident the plane caught fire. 38 people lost their lives in this accident. The plane, an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer ERJ-190, was flying from Baku, Azerbaijan to Grozny in Chechnya, Russia. Due to dense fog it was diverted towards Aktau.