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☆ Death toll rises to 62 after plane crashes at South Korean airport
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-29 | by ( Stella Kim | Stella Kim Is An Nbc News Freelance Producer Based In Seoul. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

SEOUL — At least 62 people have died when a commercial airplane crashed Sunday at a South Korean airport, the country’s National Fire Agency said. The Jeju Air flight veered off a runway while landing at Muan International Airport and caught fire after the crash, a National Fire Agency spokesperson said. The flight, which originated in Bangkok, was carrying 175 passengers and six crew members, the spokesperson said. In a statement, the country’s national defense ministry said it convened an emergency response team and deployed military personnel and equipment to the site to provide support. The airport is about 180 miles south of Seoul.

Persons: —, Firefighters, Korea’s, Choi Sang Organizations: Fire Agency, Air, Muan International, National Fire Agency, Ministry of Interior, Safety Locations: SEOUL, Korean, Bangkok, Seoul

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

☆ In pictures: South Korea’s devastating plane crash
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-29 | by ( Tristen Rouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Rescue workers are making their way through the wreckage of Jeju Air flight 7C 2216, which crash-landed at South Korea's Muan International Airport. The aircraft was carrying 175 passengers and six crew when it crashed. Two crew members have been pulled from the wreckage, while dozens of people have been confirmed dead. It is the deadliest aviation disaster to hit South Korea since 1997, when a Korean Airlines Boeing 747 crashed in the Guam jungle, with the loss of 228 lives. Experts told CNN that the plane’s undercarriage – specifically, the wheels used for takeoff and landing – appeared not to have fully deployed before landing.

Organizations: Air, South, Korean Airlines Boeing, CNN Locations: Korea, Guam

☆ Plane crashes at South Korean airport, killing dozens
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-29 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A plane crash at a South Korean airport on Sunday has left at least 85 people dead, The Associated Press reported. Spokespeople for Jeju Air and the National Fire Agency could not immediately be reached for comment. In a statement posted online, Jeju Air said that it was "bowing" its head in apology and that it would address the crash. The tracker says Ryanair, a budget Irish airline, operated the plane before it was delivered to Jeju Air in 2017. The plane landed "without its landing gear extended," the flight tracker said.

Organizations: Sunday, Associated Press, Jeju Air, Muan International Airport, The New York Times, Suvarnabhumi International, Times, Fire Agency, AP News, National Fire Agency, Air, MBC News, Boeing Locations: South Korea, Korean, Bangkok, Spokespeople

☆ Air Canada Flight 2259 catches fire during plane landing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-29 | by ( Dakin Andone | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —An Air Canada Express flight “experienced a suspected landing gear issue” after arriving at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Nova Scotia on Saturday night, though no injuries were reported, according to the airline. Flight AC2259 – which took off from St. John’s, Newfoundland – was subsequently “unable to reach the terminal and customers were offloaded using a bus,” Air Canada spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick said in a statement to CNN. The Halifax incident echoed a far more severe – and deadly – incident in South Korea on Sunday morning local time, when a Jeju Air flight crash-landed at Muan International Airport, killing 179 people. The incident will be investigated by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, which in a notice Sunday said it was deploying a team of investigators to the airport. Air Canada is waiting for the Transportation Safety Board to release the aircraft before returning customers’ belongings.

Persons: Newfoundland –, Peter Fitzpatrick, Nikki Valentine, ” Valentine, Tiffany Chase, Chase Organizations: CNN, An Air Canada Express, Halifax Stanfield International Airport, ” Air Canada, PAL Airlines, Havilland DHC, Transportation, Board, Canada, CBC, Sunday, Air, Muan International, Halifax International Airport Authority, Board of Canada, Air Canada Locations: Nova Scotia, St, John’s, Newfoundland, Halifax, South Korea, “

☆ At least 28 dead in fiery aircraft crash in South Korea, Yonhap reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

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

☆ At least 28 dead after South Korean jet carrying 181 people crashes at airport, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-28 | by ( Yoonjung Seo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

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

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