One hundred and seventy-nine people were killed in a Jeju Air Flight crash in southwestern South Korea Sunday after the aircraft skidded along the runway after landing before crashing into a wall and bursting into flames.
Two crew members, a male and a female, miraculously survived.
Warning: graphic footage
At least 177 people were killed in South Korea’s deadliest air accident when Jeju Air flight 2216 crashed at Muan International Airport. Investigators are looking into bird strikes and weather conditions as potential causes https://t.co/UCBiW1DBka pic.twitter.com/YqIqfqHFZR
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 29, 2024
Here’s what we know:
It is the deadliest aviation disaster to hit South Korea since 1997, when a Korean Airlines Boeing 747 crashed in the Guam jungle, with the loss of 228 lives.
What happened?
Jeju Air flight 7C 2216 from Bangkok was carrying 175…
