■ Passenger plane crash death toll reaches 179, South Korea’s worst ever casualty toll [Muan Yonhap News] 179 of the 181 passengers and crew members have been confirmed dead in an accident on the 29th when a passenger plane failed to land at Muan International Airport in southwestern South Korea. The two crew members were rescued. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency and others announced that the bodies of 179 people had been recovered at around 8:30 p.m. on the same day. To date, 77 people have been identified. Jeju Air Flight 2216, where the accident occurred, was carrying a total of 181 people, including 175 passengers and six crew members. Of the passengers, 173 were Korean and two were Thai. A total of 179 people were killed, including all 175 passengers and four crew members, making it the deadliest plane crash ever to occur in South Korea. The previous highest death toll was 66, in the Asiana Airlines crash in 1993. The plane, which departed from Bangkok, was landing at Muan Airport just after 9:00 a.m. that day when the aircraft’s wheels did not descend properly, and it attempted a belly landing. Unable to slow down, the plane crashed into an exterior wall and burst into flames. Yonhap News 2024.12.29 21:48 —— ■ Disaster occurs when the plane crashes on the ground five minutes after sending a distress signal… Korea Airlines accident that killed more than 100 people denies “short runway” as cause It has been confirmed that the Jeju Air plane sent out a distress signal immediately after receiving a warning from Muan International Airport to beware of “bird strikes,” and crashed on the ground five minutes later, leading to the disaster. Fire officials presume that all 179 of the 181 people on board died, except for two crew members who were rescued and receiving treatment. At a briefing on the Jeju Air Flight 7c2216 accident held at the Government Sejong Complex on December 29, South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport revealed that at around 8:57 a.m., the control tower at Muan International Airport warned the crashed aircraft about a bird collision, and that one minute later, at 8:58 a.m., the captain of the crashed aircraft sent a mayday signal. The aircraft then attempted to land on runway 19, which was in the opposite direction from its original landing direction (runway 01). However, at around 9:03 a.m., while attempting to land on runway 19 without lowering the landing gear, it collided with the outer wall. Regarding the circumstances of the accident, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism explained, “While attempting to land on Runway 01, the control tower warned the pilot to be careful of colliding with birds, and immediately afterwards the pilot issued a mayday signal.” “The control tower gave the go-ahead to land on the runway in the opposite direction, which the pilot accepted, and it has been confirmed that during a second landing attempt the plane overshot the runway and collided with the outer wall,” it said. Of the two pilots who flew the aircraft involved in the accident, the captain had 6,823 hours of flight experience and the co-pilot had 1,650 hours of flight experience, and had been in their current positions since March 2019 and February 2023, respectively. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Commission has completed the recovery of the flight data recorder of the two black boxes from the crashed aircraft, and is currently attempting to recover the remaining voice recorder depending on the situation at the scene. Regarding the reason for the high number of casualties, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism explained, “A fire broke out after the plane made a belly landing, and although we were dispatched immediately, the damage spread,” and added, “We are currently investigating the cause.” In response to the question raised by some that “the accident may have been caused by the short runway,” the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism countered, “The runway at Muan Airport is 2,800 meters long, and it is difficult to imagine that the accident occurred due to insufficient runway length.” Muan Airport’s runway is shorter than those of Incheon Airport (3,750-4,000 meters) and Gimpo Airport (3,200-3,600 meters), but longer than other international airports such as Cheongju Airport (2,744 meters) and Daegu Airport (2,755 meters). According to the Jeollanam-do Fire Department, one of the two surviving crew members in their 20s said immediately after being rescued that the cause of death was believed to be a collision with a bird. “Smoke came out of one of the engines and then it exploded,” he reportedly told rescuers. The full text is below at s-south Search Korea December 29, 2024 ■Collision video ■Related sources Korean passenger plane crash: 179 dead after belly landing, worst death toll in Korea to date ★13 [12/30] [Bird★].
>>4 According to Dennis, a white guy who used to be a 737-800 captain and is now a YouTuber, that’s a localizer antenna, but he said it was the first time he’d seen a localizer antenna that was so heavily reinforced with concrete to make it unnecessarily sturdy, and that they usually don’t make them that sturdy. Looking at Google Maps, there appeared to be what appeared to be residential houses just outside the airport grounds, across the road, so it could possibly be for political reasons.
The collapse of the department store, the Sewol ferry, Sex on the Beach Itaewon, and now this… A country with almost no natural disasters, full of man-made disasters. What’s more, both the president and his acting president are suspended from their duties, which is a strange development… There probably aren’t many institutions that can deal with this, but it’s amazing that these people have been able to keep the country together.
After all, it wasn’t a touch-and-go, nor was it a belly landing (it wasn’t slowing down), it was in an indecisive state and crashed into a wall, exploded and caught fire, so I was right in thinking the pilot was an idiot, right? Well, a lot of people wrote similar things, though.
>>27 I don’t understand the need for that bank. Even if there is an ILS antenna there, if it is barricaded, an overrunning plane would just hit it. Domestically, Central Air //www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000200856.jpg It looks like it would only break if something were to happen.
>Jeju Air holds a “5-day time sale” with flights to Korea as cheap as 1,800 yen until December 31st. Applies to flights from January 1st to March 29th, 2025. Is it okay to be this cheap? → It’s not okay.
How could two people have survived after the plane crashed with such force? It’s all so unnatural that I think there were probably no passengers on board at all.
>>34 That’s not unnatural. The kinetic energy is eliminated during the collision and explosion process, and all that remains is potential energy, so he survived the fall from such a high height with only bruises all over his body and cervical spine injuries.
>>53 Assumptions are not good. You should really think about all the possibilities. Well, there’s been plenty of news about poor maintenance in Korea, so I can understand the feeling that it will happen again. I can’t say for sure yet.
If they had a fence, people would break in and steal the copper wires and equipment.
So they had no choice but to build prison-style walls. In other countries, it would be enough to just overrun the area, but in Korea, it was a huge crash and a disaster.
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