A Jeju Air flight from Thailand to South Korea crashed on Sunday, killing 179 people. The plane skidded off the runway and burst into flames. Two crew members survived.
A passenger aboard the doomed Jeju Air flight texted a relative with a final message moments before the plane slammed into a concrete barrier and burst into flames in South Korea , killing 179 people.One of the passengers aboard the jet, which flew from Thailand to Muan International Airport Sunday morning, texted a relative that a bird was stuck in the plane’s wing.
Video captured the horrifying moment the twin-engine Boeing 737-800 skidded down the runway with no working landing gear and slammed into a wall in a fiery explosion. Two crew members survived, but all others aboard are believed to be dead, officials said. The victims — including 85 women, 84 men, and 10 others who were not immediately identifiable — died in the blaze, the South Korean fire agency said. South Korea plane carrying 181 passengers and crew members skids off runway and crashes, killing all but 2. The plane had attempted one landing before the crash, but was forced to “go around” and try again when the landing gear failed to lower. Officials are investigating various theories about what caused the crash, including whether the plane was struck by birds, according to Muan Fire Chief Lee Jeong-hyeon. Transport Ministry officials said the airport control tower issued a bird strike warning to the plane shortly before it intended to land and gave its pilot permission to land in a different area
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