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...
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 picas a first-time user .
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.One passenger and one crew member — both women — were rescued shortly after the accident and were being treated at a hospital in Mokpo.Most of the passengers were Koreans, except for two Thai nationals.
Officials believe the landing gear failure, possibly due to a bird strike, may have caused the accident. They began an on-site investigation to determine the exact cause.
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