Yonhap: 179 aboard Jeju Air plane feared dead after crash at South Korean airport, two survive

Yonhap: 179 aboard Jeju Air plane feared dead after crash at South Korean airport, two survive



A life jacket hangs on fencing next to the wreckage of an aircraft that crashed after it went off the runway at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea, December 29, 2024. — Reuters pic

Sunday, 29 Dec 2024 1:54 PM MYT


MUAN (South Korea), Dec 29 — A passenger jet carrying 181 people erupted in flames after going off the runway and hitting a wall at an airport in South Korea's southwestern county of Muan on Sunday, likely leaving all but two, dead, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing authorities.

The accident happened at 9.07am, when the Jeju Air flight veered off the runway while landing and collided with a fence wall at Muan International Airport in the Muan county, South Jeolla Province, about 288 kilometres south-west of Seoul.

Except the two rescued from the accident, all the missing people are presumed to have been killed, firefighting authorities said, adding that they were switching to search operations to recover bodies.

The authorities confirmed 85 deaths from the accident so far.

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kt asks: WTF was a wall built in the runway over-run?