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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean police said Thursday they had raided Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport as part of their investigation into Sunday’s crash that killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on the country’s soil. Jeju Air 7C2216, which departed the Thai capital of Bangkok for Muan in southwestern South Korea, belly-landed and overshot the regional airport’s runway, exploding into flames after hitting an embankment. Jeju Air was cooperating with the police, a director at the airline, Song Kyeong-hoon, told a media briefing. U.S. and South Korean investigators at the site of the Jeju Air plane crash in Muan, South Korea, on Tuesday. Investigators from the NTSB, FAA and Boeing are in South Korea to help with the investigation.
Persons: Joo Jong, , Najmedin Meshkati, ” Joo, Joo, Son Hyung, AP Joo, Korea’s, Choi Sang, mok, ” Choi, Choi Organizations: Jeju Air, Muan, 7C2216, Boeing, Police, Air, South, Reuters, University of Southern, South Korean, U.S . National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, NTSB, U.S, AP Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, South, Bangkok, Muan, Seoul, South Jeolla, University of Southern California, United States
Jeju Air aircraft flight 7C2216 goes down the runway before crashing at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea December 29, 2024 in this screengrab obtained from video. Jeju Air 7C2216, which departed the Thai capital of Bangkok for Muan in southwestern South Korea, belly-landed and overshot the regional airport's runway, exploding into flames after hitting an embankment. The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport lies near a concrete structure it crashed into, in Muan, South Korea, December 30, 2024. Jeju Air was cooperating with the police, a director at the airline, Song Kyeong-hoon, told a media briefing. Investigators from the NTSB, FAA and Boeing are in South Korea to help the probe.
Persons: Lee Geun, Joo Jong, Kim Hong, Kim E, Najmedin Meshkati, Joo, Finance Choi Sang, mok, Chung Sung Organizations: Jeju Air, Muan International, Via Reuters South Korean, Muan, 7C2216, Boeing, Police, Air, South, Reuters, bae, University of Southern, South Korean, U.S . National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, NTSB, Strategy, Finance Locations: Muan, South Korea, Bangkok, Seoul, South Jeolla, University of Southern California, United States
Firefighters and rescue team members work on the runway of Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, on Sunday. Lee Young-ju/Newsis/APAt least 28 people have died in a plane crash in southwestern South Korea, a local fire department official has told CNN. South Jeolla province Fire Service Headquarters said that number is expected to grow as recovery operations continue. A fire department official who spoke to CNN said the airplane had been “almost completely destroyed” by fire. Images of the crash published by the Yonhap news agency showed only the tail section of the plane intact, surrounded by flames.
Persons: Lee Young Organizations: International, CNN, Fire Service Headquarters, jetliner Locations: Muan, South Korea, South Jeolla, Muan county
Muan County, South Korea CNN —The sounds of sobbing, prayers and anguish echoed through the departures hall of an airport in southwestern South Korea on Monday as families of the victims killed when a passenger jet crash-landed over the weekend waited for their loved ones to be identified. Relatives and loved ones inside Muan International Airport wept as medics announced the names of the 141 victims who had been identified. Relatives of victims of the deadly Jeju Air crash gather at a makeshift shelter at Muan International Airport on December 30. People work at the site where a Jeju Air flight crash landed at Muan International Airport, South Korea, on December 30. Mourners stand at a memorial altar for victims of the Jeju Air crash at Muan International Airport, at Muan sport park in Muan, South Korea, December 30, 2024.
Persons: Jung Yeon, Kim Soo, Korea’s, Choi Sang, ” Choi, Choi, Han Duck, Yoon Sul Yeol, Kim Hong, Boonchuay Duangmanee, , , Jongluk, Young, Jeon Organizations: South Korea CNN, Air, Authorities, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, Muan, Getty, Boeing, CNN, National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration, NTSB, South Korea’s Aviation, Railway Accident Investigation, Muan International, Reuters, Jeolla Fire Service, Associated Press Locations: Muan County, South Korea, Bangkok, Muan, Korean, Seoul, United States, South, Thailand, Korea
CNN —At least 28 people have died in a plane crash in southwestern South Korea, a local fire department official has told CNN. South Jeolla province Fire Service Headquarters said that number is expected to grow as recovery operations continue. Emergency responders said they had rescued two people from the plane, according to the fire department. A fire department official who spoke to CNN said the airplane had been “almost completely destroyed” by fire. Images of the crash published by the Yonhap news agency showed only the tail section of the plane intact, surrounded by flames.
Organizations: CNN, Fire Service Headquarters, jetliner Locations: South Korea, South Jeolla, Muan county
Firefighters carry out extinguishing operations on an aircraft which drove off runaway at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, on Dec. 29, 2024. At least 28 people were killed when an airliner went off the runway and slammed into a wall at South Korea's Muan International Airport on Sunday, Yonhap news agency reported. Two people were found alive and rescue operations were still under way, a Muan fire official said. The official could not confirm the reports of 28 dead. Authorities were working to rescue people in the tail section, an airport official told Reuters.
Persons: Choi Sang, mok Organizations: Muan, Authorities, Reuters, Air Locations: Muan, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, Thai, Bangkok
Factbox: Some of South Korea's major disasters and accidents
  + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
South Korean leaders have pledged to change how the country operates after a series of major accidents and disasters tarnished the image of a nation that rose to wealth from the rubble of a war in a few decades. Here are details of some of South Korea's worst disasters and accidents over the last three decades:April 2020: Thirty-eight people are killed and at least 12 injured in a fire accident at a logistics facility construction site in Icheon near Seoul. January 2018: Forty-seven people are killed and at least 145 injured in a fire at a hospital in Miryang in the southeastern province of South Gyeongsang. February 2014: Ten people are killed and at least 105 injured when a gymnasium roof collapses after heavy snowfall in Gyeongju in the southeastern province of North Gyeongsang. October 2005: Eleven people are killed and at least 162 injured in a stampede at a stadium in Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province.
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