Jeju Air Flight 7C2216, carrying 181 people, went off the runway and crashed into a wall while landing at South Korea's Muan International Airport.
At least 122 people died on Sunday when a passenger plane crash-landed at an airport in southwest South Korea. Jeju Air Flight 7C2216, with 181 people on board, went off the runway and crashed into a wall while landing at Muan International Airport around 9 AM .
Numerous videos depicting the crash-landing surfaced on social media platforms. Footage of the incident reveals that the aircraft’s landing gear was not deployed at the time of touchdown. Experts suggest that a malfunction may have prevented the landing gear from deploying.The footage, broadcast by networks such as YTN, JTBC, and MBC, clearly shows that neither the front nor rear landingwas deployed as smoke billowed from the rear of the sliding aircraft.
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