All but two of the 181 passengers on board a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 died Sunday after the aircraft crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea. Boeing shares dropped following the incident. The South Korean transportation ministry will investigate the crash and conduct a full inspection of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft in the country.
Rescue team members work at the site of a plane fire at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea , Dec. 30, 2024. Shares of Boeing fell in early trading on Monday, one day after a Boeing model 737-800 was involved in the Jeju Air crash. The stock price dropped more than 4% at the open of trading on Monday morning.
The slide came hours after South Korea's transportation ministry announced it would investigate the crash and conduct a full inspection of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft in use in South Korea. All but two of the 181 people on board died Sunday in what authorities said was the deadliest plane crash in South Korea in decades. The only survivors, a man and a woman, were among the six crew members onboard the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 when it skidded along a runway, crashed into a wall and burst into flames on Sunday morning, officials said. 'We are in contact with Jeju Air regarding flight 2216 and stand ready to support them,' Boeing said. 'We extend our deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones, and our thoughts remain with the passengers and crew.' Rescue team members work at the site of a plane fire at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Dec. 30, 2024. 'There are no plans to suspend operations, but they will examine those parts once more and check them thoroughly during the inspection process,' said Song Kyung-hoon, head of Jeju Air's Management Support Division. As the aircraft approached South Korea's Muan International Airport at 8:54 a.m. local time, the control tower gave it permission to land on a south-to-north runway, according to an official timeline by the Korean Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport. Three minutes later, the flight control tower issued a warning of a possible bird strike, the transport ministry said. About two minutes after that warning, a pilot sent a distress signal, saying, 'Mayday, mayday, mayday, bird strike, bird strike, going around,' the ministry said
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