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This video of plane crash is going viral on social media. The accident happened at 5:37 am on Sunday.
Jeju Air plane crashes 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 taken out from the plane. Among the dead, 84 were men and 85 were women. Till now 10 dead bodies have not been identified.
The accident occurred at 5:37 am Indian time (9:07 am local time) on Sunday. This plane coming from Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, 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 hits the runway directly. During this, the plane slipped on the runway and hit the boundary wall of the airport. It caught fire with an explosion.
Here Reuters has reported that before the accident, an alert was sent from the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) of Muan Airport about bird collision with the plane. This could also be a reason for a malfunction in the landing gear of the plane.
4 pictures of burning plane…
Jeju Airlines flight 2216 was coming from Bangkok. It caught fire after hitting the airport fence.
As soon as it hit the fence, there was a loud explosion and the entire body of the aircraft was engulfed in fire, after some time the frame got burnt.
Rescue agencies had to struggle to control the fire because the fuel of the plane was burning rapidly.
A plume of smoke rising from the spot. Due to the fire, an attempt was made to rescue people from the rear gate of the plane.
Tried landing twice, accident the second time The plane of Jeju Airlines that crashed was a 737-800 plane of American company Boeing. The plane tried twice to land at the airport. The plane could not land the first time because the landing gear did not open. After this the plane circled the airport.
For the second time, the pilot decided to belly land the plane without landing gear. According to many media reports, it is being claimed that the bird collided with 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. Muan Airport fire officer, while talking to news agency Reuters, said that the fire in the plane has been brought under control. However, it took 43 minutes to extinguish the fire.
At present, rescue work is going on at the crash site. Most of the people were in the rear of the plane, efforts are being made to get them out from there. Among the passengers on board the plane were 173 South Koreans and 2 Thai citizens. According to media reports, both the survivors are crew members.
Of the 179 bodies found so far, 88 have been identified.
4 pictures of rescue…
By the time the fire was brought under control, the entire body of the plane was burnt. By then more than 100 people had died.
Rescue workers reached the spot and started evacuating people from the burnt plane.
The front part of the plane was completely burnt, rescue workers tried to take out the bodies from the rear part of the plane.
The picture is of fire department personnel, where they were searching for people at the accident site.
Jeju Air CEO apologizes over accident Jeju Air CEO Kim E-bae has expressed grief over the accident and apologized to the people. Kim said, “Whatever 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 aircraft was operational for the last 15 years. This plane has never crashed before. At present, there is a possibility of failure of the landing gear due to bird collision.
The CEO and employees of Jeju Airline apologized to the people over the accident.
People watching the news of the accident at the airport, operations at the airport were stopped after the incident.
After the accident, operations at the airport were stopped. All local and international flights were cancelled.
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