South Korean airplane crash kills at the least 80

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At the least 80 individuals have been killed Sunday after a South Korean airliner crashed and burst into flames upon touchdown, in keeping with native authorities, in one of many nation’s worst aviation disasters on document.

The Jeju Air flight was coming back from Bangkok with 181 individuals on board when it did not deploy its touchdown gear at Muan Worldwide Airport within the south of the nation.

Of the 175 passengers on board, 173 have been South Korean, whereas the opposite two have been Thai nationals, in keeping with the Transport Ministry. There have been six different crew members on board.

Native tv information footage confirmed the airplane skidding on the runway earlier than hitting a wall and being engulfed in flames. The airplane’s touchdown gear appeared to have malfunctioned, in keeping with the nation’s emergency workplace.

The hearth was introduced beneath management and two individuals have been rescued from the rubble, in keeping with the official Yonhap Information. Greater than 30 vans and several other helicopters have been deployed on web site.

South KoreaPerforming President Choi Sang-mok visited the positioning on Sunday and ordered an all-out reduction operation, imploring rescuers to “do all the things potential for reduction operations, mobilizing all obtainable sources.”

Authorities are nonetheless working to find out the precise reason behind the crash, an airline spokesperson mentioned.

Tv photographs confirmed thick smoke billowing from the wreckage of the airplane, a twin-engine Boeing 737-800, after the crash.

Firefighters instructed Yonhap that a lot of the passengers have been believed to have died. In a televised press briefing, officers mentioned the airplane had struck birds and that dangerous climate was the potential reason behind the crash.

That is the second deadly airplane crash in latest days. An Azerbaijan Airways passenger flight crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, after being diverted over the Caspian Sea from Grozny within the southern Russian republic of Chechnya.

U.S. and Ukrainian officers blamed Russian anti-aircraft fireplace for the crash, by which 38 of the 67 individuals on board have been killed. Russian authorities mentioned heavy fog and a flock of birds brought on the Grozny hijack, but in addition mentioned it occurred as Ukrainian fight drones attacked close by cities.

Russian Vladimir Putin apologized in Azerbaijan on Saturday for the “tragic incident”, however didn’t touch upon the allegations of Russian interference.