By Hyung-jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung | Related Press
SEOUL, South Korea — A passenger airplane burst into flames Sunday after it skid off a runway at a South Korea airport and slammed right into a concrete fence when its entrance touchdown gear apparently didn’t deploy, killing at the least 47 folks, officers stated.
The Nationwide Fireplace Company stated the hearth was nearly put out however officers have been nonetheless attempting to drag folks from the Jeju Air passenger airplane carrying 181 folks on the airport within the southern city of Muan.
At the least 47 folks had died within the hearth, the company stated. Emergency staff pulled out two folks — one passenger and one crew member. It stated it deployed 32 hearth vans and several other helicopters to include the hearth.
Footage of the crash aired by YTN tv confirmed the Jeju Air airplane skidding throughout the airstrip, apparently with its touchdown gear nonetheless closed, and colliding head-on with a concrete wall on the outskirts of the ability. The transport ministry stated the incident occurred at 9:03 a.m. native time.
Emergency officers in Muan stated they have been inspecting the reason for the hearth. They stated the airplane’s touchdown gear appeared to have malfunctioned. The transport ministry stated the airplane was getting back from Bangkok and its passengers embrace two Thai nationals.
Native TV stations aired footage displaying thick pillows of black smoke billowing from the airplane engulfed with flame.
The incident got here as South Korea is embroiled into an enormous political disaster triggered by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s gorgeous imposition of martial regulation and ensuing impeachment. Final Friday, South Korean lawmakers impeached appearing President Han Duck-soo and suspended his duties, making Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok to take over.
Initially Printed: December 28, 2024 at 6:22 PM PST
