A passenger plane operated by South Korea’s Jeju Air skidded off the runway at Muan International Airport at shortly after 9:00 a.m. local time on Sunday morning, causing a fiery crash that killed at least 28 of its 181 passengers and crew.
Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 was landing at the airport in Muan, South Korea, about 180 miles southwest of Seoul after a flight from Bangkok, Thailand. According to South Korea’s Yonhap News, two of the passengers were Thai nationals, and the rest were South Koreans.
Yonhap reported the plane, a Boeing 737-800, experienced a landing gear malfunction and was attempting a belly landing without gear. The landing gear failure may have been caused by a bird strike.
The plane was evidently moving too fast when it skidded onto the runway, causing it to veer off to one side and slam into a fence and other airport structures. A crew of over 80…
